[cobalt-users] Re: Slightly OT: Blocking BadTrans virus

[Gerald Braun <gbraun@xxxxxxx>]

At 7:22 AM -0500 11/27/01, Edward Bishop is rumored to have typed:

> Can any procmail guru provide a simple way of stopping emails with
> attachments of type .pif or .scr to prevent users getting this virus? Or
> does anyone know a better way (other than user education which I know is the
> best)?

I have been using the following solution for stopping these sorts of
attachments for some time.  It has recently blocked some emails containing
the BadTrans virus.  Please see the following: 

http://www.impsec.org/email-tools/procmail-security.html

Regards,

Gerald Braun