[Spambayes] Anti -Virus

[Dejonghe, Manuel]

Please, somebody of the developer team read my answer and correct us, if
I am wrong, as I am not totally sure of what I'm telling here.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Roos [mailto:Keithroos at kretek.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 12:30 AM
> To: 'spambayes at python.org'
> Subject: [Spambayes] Anti -Virus 
> 
>  The only minor annoyance is it opens e-mail that contain 
> virus's and my
> anti-virus filters catch and quarantines the e-mail. I am 
> concerned that if
> a new virus comes in that is ahead of the virus definitions, 
> it will open it
> and infect the system. At least without the Spam filter it 
> allows me the
> chance to delete suspicious items before they are opened.
> Is there a setting that will not open the e-mails as they come in??
> 

Spambayes has to open and read the email as it has to classify the words
in the mail.
It does not execute attachments, so viruses in attachments will not be
run/started. 
Neither it shows the mail in outlooks preview pane or within the
internet explorer, so viruses and worms trying to "use" or exploit known
Internet Explorer vulnerabilities wont work too.

Somebody would have to write a new virus that is able to fool spambayes
(first of all Spambayes would need a vulnerability ;-) by using a (not
yet exsiting) buffer overflow-issue.



So, if you don't get another answer to your question by one of the
actual developers, your can rest easily.


regards, Manuel