Hi, Using the services of VirusTotal ( http://www.virustotal.com/ ), it's possible to scan for virus/worm/malware/badware of various types and using various scanners. There is an email interface (page describing this requires JavaScript-enabled browser, and the entire site is also heavily dependent on it). There is a web uploader form, but it has the disadvantage of requiring the session to stay alive while the scan is done, which could be time-consuming under heavy load (the site itself recommends the email interface at these times).
To scan files by email, send them as attachments to scan<at>virustotal<dot>com. The message text is ignored. The subject field has to be either "SCAN" or "SCAN-"; the latter means that VirusTotal doesn't submit suspicious files to antivirus labs if found. The results are sent back as very readable plaintext. I'm finding this very useful while on Linux with muttng (a textmode email client), especially when browsing the web is less javascript-capable with a textmode browser. Enjoy, and a happy new year to all here present. Cheers, Sabahattin -- Sabahattin Gucukoglu <mail<at>sabahattin<dash>gucukoglu<dot>com> Address harvesters, snag this: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +44 20 88008915 Mobile: +44 7986 053399 http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To contribute to the discussion, email to accmail@listserv.aol.com To unsubscribe, email to the *admin* address [EMAIL PROTECTED] with UNSUBSCRIBE ACCMAIL as the message body. WWW: http://emailonly.szs.net/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------
