Subj : Re: How to detect WORMS/VIRUS that send spam
To   : comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help
From : bluekarthik
Date : Thu Aug 12 2004 03:43 am

So,
U all toooo receive this .pif . I thought someone is playing 
with me and trying to blow off my email account.

thanx,
karthik bala guru

Solbu <solbu@ugyldig.start.no> wrote in message news:<GTlRc.222$%y3.3543@news4.e.nsc.no>...
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> On tirsdag 3. august 2004, 09:31 Steve Phils tried to express an opinion:
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> > Currently we noticed that all of our staff members are receiving lot
> > of spam mails with some attachments(mostly with some *.pif extension)
> > in their official mail address. 
> 
> I see you got a few idčas already.
> I thought I'd share with you my solution to these spam problems.
> Visit this page, and follow the instructions.
> http://advosys.ca/papers/postfix-filtering.html
> 
> It's a kind of an idiots guide, so it's easy to set up.
> I had this working on the first try. :-)
> The script removes all executeable windows-attachments,
> leave a note in the mail explaining what was done, and why.
> 
> i've also modified it to remove all HTML from the email as well :-)
> (I really do hate html in email.)
> 
> 
> NOTE: This guide assume you use POSTFIX as your mailserver,
> and not sendmail or Qmail.
> 
> - -- 
> Solbu - http://www.solbu.net
> Remove 'ugyldig' for email
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