[Avcheck] infected is sick?

Michael Tokarev mjt@tls.msk.ru
Wed, 28 Nov 2001 18:17:52 +0300


Len Conrad wrote:
> 
> Michael,
> 
> ok, I was verifying that my IMGate "content reject" was really caused by
> body_check, and not header checks, voila the proof, from pflogsumm report
> today:
> 
> cleanup
>    body
>    5   Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="dwarf4you.exe";
> from=<> to=<lconrad@go2france.com>
> 
> These 5 are being sent from the avcheck machine with the virus attached,
> rather than just the headers to the virus sender.

;)  Hmm, I think you know this.  For me, that was clear from the beginning
and I said about that:

> > 2. I, sender, get the message + full virus back (on my mail gateway,
> > body_checks blocks the msg because it finds .exe attachment)
> 
> How you sent the affected message then?  It seems not via your
> gateway, or else body_checks should block original message.
> Note the same will happen if postfix will send standard bounce
> message instead (first several Kbytes of original message).

Regards,
 Michael.