[Mimedefang] Latest Worms and IE Exploits

[David F. Skoll]

On Fri, 19 Sep 2003, Royce Williams wrote:

> Getting a number of inbounds that match the description of Gibe/Swen.A
> but that aren't being picked up by ClamAV yet.  I can't say that I'm
> getting hit hard, but it's significant enough that a couple of them
> showed up in my own inbox.

I have seen nothing in my inbox, and I don't run an AV scanner.  The
extension-blocking rule (exe, pif, scr, etc.) catches everything so far.

Are there really any good reasons to allow these kinds of attachments in?
Just curious as to why anyone (who runs Windows) would possibly want to
allow them in.

Regards,

David.