[clamav-users] Whitelisting extensions for virus scan

[Matus UHLAR - fantomas]

>>> Am 26.10.18 um 15:34 schrieb Johnny Time:
>>>> For exemple, we wanted to authorize only a white list which contains
>>>> *.doc,*.xls,*.pdf and ban the others extensions.

>>Tilman Schmidt wrote:
>>> Surely you meant to write "*.docx,*.xlsx,*.pdf"?
>>> *.doc and *.xls are the old, malware-prone MS-Office filetypes.
>>> You don't want to let those pass, at least not without rigorous
>>> examination.

>On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 12:33:19 -0400, Kris Deugau stated:
>>In my experience, the new ones aren't any better.

thus, they should be checked and quarantined/refused.

On 29.10.18 13:08, Jerry wrote:
>We have a a steady flow of "*.doc", "*.docx" "*.xlsx" and *.pdf" files
>exchanged with other offices. I have not seen a virus in any of them since
>2010. Seems like you might be doing business with the wrong type of people.

wrong people may send viruses to random recipients, spreading viruses over
the world.
Happens for years...

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