Re: OT: Eicar Test

Dear Peter,

On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 16:43:37 +0100, Peter Meyns <lists@xxx> wrote:

> I just found that the mailing list server doesn't accept a virus text
> string in the body (tried Eicar), which I consider a very good thing.
> Thank you, Johannes! :-)

2004-11-21 16:05:29 1CVtHN-0003c1-0v H=moutng.kundenserver.de
[212.227.126.171] F=<lists@xxx> rejected after DATA: This message
contains malware (Eicar-Test-Signature)

> But how about a virus code coming with a different character set? I'm
> just curious... ;-)

It seems neither our ClamAV nor your providers 

X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 0447-1, 19.11.2004), Outbound message
X-Antivirus-Status: Clean

caught it. ;-) Strictly speaking, this is not a problem because the
antivirus usually only scans (MIMEd) attachments. When copying the
EICAR virus test code, your local antivirus will warn you.

HTH,
Johannes