[NSRCA-discussion] Malware

[Tom Simes]

On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:53:32 -0300
"Dave Smith" <davidsmith at ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:

> My virus blocker has informed me of four  "txt" attachments in mail
> received through the NSRCA List.
> 
> Has anyone else experienced this.?   They were blocked and removed.

I'll be the first to say it's not 100% foolproof, but the list server
does scan messages on both ingress and egress using ClamAV - and it
checks for database updates every two hours.  If ClamAV detects a virus,
the message is discarded as opposed to being "neutered".

http://www.clamav.net/

Tom
 
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