[Mimedefang] Re: When to do Virus checks

Scott Silva ssilva at sgvwater.com
Thu Nov 30 11:01:29 EST 2006


Joseph Brennan spake the following on 11/30/2006 7:09 AM:
> 
> 
> --On Thursday, November 30, 2006 15:23 +0100 Johan Sleeuwenhoek 
> <j.sleeuwenhoek at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I think it is worth the extra CPU time to stop a virus at the earliest
>> time possible. This makes it less dangerous, since the virus does not
>> pass all the components of your emailscanning system.
> 
> 
> I think you don't need a virus check at all, if you reject executable
> file attachments.  That's what a few years of experience tells me.
> 
> An independent test of this assertion will be interesting.
> 
> Joseph Brennan
> Lead Email Systems Engineer
> Columbia University Information Technology
> 
> 
> 
But clam-av contains some very good phishing signatures. I catch more of that 
garbage than actual viruses these days. Maybe 2 to 1 or better.

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