Mail-scanner not able to block exe in zip

[Joolee]

What is the contents of your (archive).filename/filetype.rules.conf ? And
do you reference these files from your Mailscanner.conf?

And do you zip the ryan1.exe file in your example or did you send that as a
plain, non-zipped attachment?

On 27 August 2012 15:55, Ryan Braganza <ryan.virgo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Users,
>
> I have enabled blocking of exe in zip archives by setting the "Maximum
> Archive Depth = 5"
>
> I have a proper exe file wininst-7.1.exe which maybe is some windows setup
> exe. When i do a file command for this exe i get the below output
>
> file wininst-7.1.exe
> wininst-7.1.exe: PE32 executable for MS Windows (GUI) Intel 80386 32-bit
>
> If I zip it and mail it, Mailscanner fails to block it and pass's it
> through.
>
> If a create a file with an exe extension
>
> file ryan1.exe
> ryan1.exe: ASCII text
>
> Mailscanner is able to block it .....
>
> What could be wrong here ? the version am using is mailscanner-4.84.3-1
>
>
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