Txt file considered as program?

[Scott Silva]

on 1/4/2008 6:17 AM Dave C spake the following:
> Steve Freegard wrote:
>> Thiago Henrique wrote:
>>> I have the same problem where. When i check the .txt file generated 
>>> by Outoolk in reply of some messages this return "DOS executable (COM)".
>>>
>>> Example:
>>> morpheus quarantine # file ./20080104/1A48799ACB.89983/msg- 2327-60.txt
>>> ./20080104/1A48799ACB.89983/msg-2327-60.txt: DOS executable (COM)
>>
>> If you change this to 'file -i <file>' does it produce the same 
>> executable output?
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Steve.
> 
> Having similar situation here.
> Have a quarantined message that was sent from a blackberry that is 
> getting marked as a quicktime file.
> 
> 
> [lists~]#file 
> /var/spool/MailScanner/quarantine/20071212/lBCEAfiE023370/msg-10792-41.txt
> /var/spool/MailScanner/quarantine/20071212/lBCEAfiE023370/msg-10792-41.txt: 
> Apple QuickTime movie file (free)
> 
> [lists~]# file -i 
> /var/spool/MailScanner/quarantine/20071212/lBCEAfiE023370/msg-10792-41.txt
> /var/spool/MailScanner/quarantine/20071212/lBCEAfiE023370/msg-10792-41.txt: 
> text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
> 
> 
That one is easy! If you start a txt file with the word "free" it will get 
detected as a quicktime file. Another one to "fix" in the magic file.

That is why I never get the messages about "free beer"!

;-)


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