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Re: filmscanners: Filmscanners: OT: E-mail virus
I'm a Freeserve user, yet I've had these messages. I spotted
the offending virus-containing message as dodgy and deleted
it immediately on arrival.
Regards,
Alan T
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Greenbank <steve@gccl.fsbusiness.co.uk>
To: <Filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 1:13 AM
Subject: filmscanners: Filmscanners: OT: E-mail virus
> I've noticed several e-mails about viruses on this e-mail
list non of which
> I seem to have received. On further investigation I have
discovered that my
> service provider Freeserve (cheap & almost cheerful) will
not allow "dodgy"
> attachments such as "*.exe" or "*.vbs" they just bounce.
Harmless files
> such as jpg can be attached as normal. They do not
advertise this point
> probably for fear of a breach of security but the policy
clearly exists.
>
> eg. This is what happens if you attach <something>.vbs :
>
> ****************************************************
> A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or
more of its
> recipients. The following address(es) failed:
>
> steve@gccl.fsbusiness.co.uk:
> This message has been rejected because it has
> an apparently executable attachment "SM1.VBS"
> This is a virus prevention measure.
> If you meant to send this file then please
> package it up as a zip file and resend it.
> ****************************************************
>
> This strikes me as rather sensible all round.
>
> It's not in the interests of the users or service
providers to have viruses
> generating large volumes of traffic, using zip tends to
make users think
> twice about opening the file and will at least prevent
automatic
> propagation.
>
> Much as I am against the idea of a "net nanny" this seems
to be a very
> sensible idea - forcing the use of a zip file will usually
reduce the
> bandwidth requirement too.
>
> Perhaps we should all suggest to our service providers
that they should
> impliment a similar scheme.
>
> Steve
>
>
>
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