From: Donncha O Caoimh (donncha.ocaoimh at domain tradesignals.com)
Date: Thu 02 Aug 2001 - 11:27:36 IST
Best way of avoiding SirCam or any other email trojan (well, the user
has to click the attachment in most cases, ie. trojan horse) is use
"Procmail Email Sanitizer" at the following address:
ftp://ftp.rubyriver.com/pub/jhardin/antispam/procmail-security.html
It catches double-barrel extensions on attachments so it doesn't need to
be updated when the next VB script comes along. It catches legit traffic
too, but the slight hassle involved there is nothing compared with the
peace of mind this script provides!
Donncha.
Conor Daly wrote:
>
> On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 02:21:09AM -0700 or thereabouts, Rick Moen wrote:
> > begin ger.donohue at domain teleca.ie quotation:
> > > Use Amavis Virus Scanner.
> >
> > I use Linux, instead. Not having badly engineered legacy proprietary
> > operating systems around here seems to have made SirCam, RedWhatever,
> > etc. (and bouts of press hysteria attendant thereto) just an
> > intermittant spectator amusement.
>
> I was one of twenty or so people who received a warning from my sister to
> dump any emails from her regular domain because of sircam. I replied to all
> explaining how I hadn't been affected at all due to running Linux. I
> invited anyone interested in finding out how they could manage without MS
> software to contact me for a chat. To date, noone has replied... Maybe
> it's personal though!
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