False Positive, How do I resolve this?

Rick Cooper rcooper at dwford.com
Fri Apr 4 23:15:30 IST 2008


 

 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info 
 > [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On 
 > Behalf Of Rose, Bobby
 > Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 1:18 PM
 > To: MailScanner discussion
 > Subject: RE: False Positive, How do I resolve this?
 > 
 > Password protect zip unless you are blocking that.
 >  
 > 

This is not true, the directory of the zip can still be accessed and MS
still checks the file names in password protected zip/rar files it just
can't virus scan or check the actual "type"

Rick


 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
 > [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Matt
 > Kettler
 > Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 12:01 PM
 > To: MailScanner discussion
 > Subject: Re: False Positive, How do I resolve this?
 > 
 > Rose, Bobby wrote:
 > > Zip or rename the files without all those periods. 
 > 
 > They are in a zipfile, as per Vernon's original message.
 > 
 > However, MailScanner by default digs into zipfiles and 
 > applies filename
 > rules there. So zipping won't help you with a MailScanner 
 > config where
 > "Maximum Archive Depth" isn't set to 0.
 > 
 > 
 > > 
 > > -----Original Message-----
 > > From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
 > > [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of 
 > > Vernon Webb
 > > Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 11:25 AM
 > > To: 'MailScanner discussion'
 > > Subject: False Positive, How do I resolve this?
 > > 
 > > I have a client who sends email attachments in a zip file. 
 > The files 
 > > (as you can see below) are named the way the client needs 
 > them to be. 
 > > How do I get around this?
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