[Mimedefang] MD 2.43 - Missing Viruses

[David F. Skoll]

On Sun, 30 May 2004, Albert Whale wrote:

> I've noticed the several Viruses are getting through my mimedefang
> Filter.

[...]

>     This message has been rejected because it has
>     a potentially executable attachment "message.scr"
>     This form of attachment has been used by
>     recent viruses or other malware.
>     If you meant to send this file then please
>     package it up as a zip file and resend it.
>
> ------ This is a copy of the message, including all the headers. ------

The bounce message doesn't encapsulate the virus in a MIME message, but
just sticks the whole original message in a text/plain part.  So MIMEDefang
never sees the virus, and any e-mail client that *does* attempt to decode
the virus is completely broken.

MIMEDefang is behaving correctly.

Regards,

David.