[olug] old news - but worth noting
Phil Brutsche
phil at brutsche.us
Thu Jun 12 20:44:59 UTC 2003
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> > ClamAV is great as a virus detector but sucks when you need to "disinfect"
> > the file... I'm thinking of the currently rare Word or Excel macro virus.
> > I suppose that's what desktop solutions are for.
>
> On the mail servers I don't disinfect, I return all mail that is
> infected. I started the policy thanks to the nice virii that attach
> random file.
Absolutely. I don't bother trying to detect the viruses, I bounce
executables PERIOD. In 2 years it's only bitten me once.
Like I said, disinfection is for the rare infected Word or Excel document.
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Phil Brutsche
phil at brutsche.us
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