Hi,

>> Steve Basford wrote:
>>> I've posted the email here:
>>> http://pastebin.com/n4WRjmzE
>>
>>> Got a match: f.email.americanexpress.com/ with /moc.sserpxenacirema
>>> Before inserting .: .f.email.americanexpress.com
>>> Lookup result: in regex list
>>> Phishcheck:host:.r.smartbrief.com
>>> Phishing: looking up in whitelist:
>>> .r.smartbrief.com:.f.email.americanexpress.
>>> Looking up in regex_list: r.smartbrief.com:f.email.americanexpress.com/
>>> Lookup result: not in regex list
>>> Phishcheck: Phishing scan result: URLs are way too different
>>> found Possibly Unwanted: Heuristics.Phishing.Email.SpoofedDomain
>>> emax_reached: marked parents as non cacheable
>>
>> Okay, interesting, thanks.
>>
>> While I don't necessarily expect clamav to understand
>> americanexpress.com isn't a phishing/spoofed site, should we expect
>> every time a URL is rewritten in this way for it to be labelled as a
>> phishing attack?
>>
>> I actually also don't see in the message where
>> f.email.americanexpress.com was wrapped inside of a smartbrief.com
>> URL. I only see americanexpress.com/merchant, so perhaps I'm not
>> understanding.
>
> The thing to look for are links that appear to the eye as
> americanexpress.com, but actually lead to smartbrief.com:
>
> Visit us at: <a href="http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/<tracking ID>"
> target="_new" style="text-decoration:none;
> color:#2196c2">americanexpress.com/merchant</a></td>
>
> You would just see americanexpress.com/merchant, but the link does not
> lead *directly* to that location, it redirects from a clicktracking link
> under smartbrief.com.

Yes, I see that, but it doesn't appear to be the one clamav was
complaining about. As above:

> Looking up in regex_list: r.smartbrief.com:f.email.americanexpress.com/
> Lookup result: not in regex list
> Phishcheck: Phishing scan result: URLs are way too different

It seems to be complaining about f.email.americanexpress.com, which
doesn't even exist in this email.

Am I missing something, or is it really not even worth worrying about
at this point?

Thanks,
Alex
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