[lug] OT: what's the latest virus circulating?

[Bear Giles]

hugh at math.byu.edu wrote:
>>Meanwhile, to bring this remotely back on topic I have to
>>recommend again configuring "header checks" in Postfix so it
>>rejects any message containing a MIME-encoded executable
>>attachment.  It's not perfect, but as I said it's knocking out a
>>lot of viral messages. 
> 
> If you use spamassassin, you can set a rule that elevates the point count
> (which increases the messages probability of being marked as spam) for any
> messages with executable content.

Sure, but that still leaves that unknown executable on your system 
and some fool will eventually run it, perhaps by accident. 
Setting up your MTA to block it keeps it off your system entirely.

Bear