Hmm.. The link you posted clearly shows this URLSpoof to be a Trojan.  Such
URL spoofing can result in attackers creating forged versions of legitimate
sites in order to steal account information, personal information, etc.
This I would think would warrant the immediate blocking of RTF documents
until F-Prot can detect and delete the virus.  On another note.. Word
documents have been known to contain macro viruses.. Etc.

~Rick


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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 11:31 AM - FamHost
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] URLSpoof contained within an RTF Doc


This is just link obfuscation detection and not a virus.  I assume that
anti-virus companies are adding this stuff in so that they can protect
people from phishing.  From a mail server AV perspective, I don't personally
believe it counts, this should be handled on the spam detection side.  I
would not turn off RTF documents for this reason, it would be like blocking
Word documents because they were sometimes used in spam/phishing.  There is
no virus payload for this error.

    http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=description&virus_k=100927

Matt



John Tolmachoff (Lists) wrote:

Any update?

John Tolmachoff
Engineer/Consultant/Owner
eServices For You

  
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Klinge
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 11:01 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [IMail Forum] URLSpoof contained within an RTF Doc

My Local AV went off and reported that it found an Exploit/URLSpoof that
was
contained in an attached RTF document.  Is this a new ploy for the
spammers
to try and infect computers and force people to look at there spam?  I'm
running Declude with F-Prot AV on the server and Panda on my local.  I've
also added the BANEXT RTF to the virus.cfg file until I figure out what
happened. Any input would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

~Rick

Just part of the email... The original was caught as spam too.


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