.bmp files..

Julian Field MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Thu Sep 14 09:38:48 IST 2006


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On 14 Sep 2006, at 09:25, Martin Hepworth wrote:

> Julian Field wrote:
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>> Denis Beauchemin wrote:
>>> Martin Hepworth a écrit :
>>>> All
>>>> given .bmp files still seem  to be blocked but the filename  
>>>> rules on a default MS install, how many people have disables  
>>>> this check as alot of people seem to send great big bmps as part  
>>>> of their signatures?
>>>>
>>>> I get quite a lot of FP's and was seriously contemplating  
>>>> turning this rule off.
>>>>
>>> I never turned it on... was relying on our AV to block the bad  
>>> ones... and had no infections because of it.
>>>
>>> Denis
>>>
>> I would advise disabling that rule, the vulnerability which caused  
>> me to add it was fixed quite a long time ago.
>> - -- Julian Field
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> Jules
>
> OK I'll do that - any chance of removing this in the next beta?

Done.

>
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> Martin Hepworth
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> Solid State Logic
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