It's a test Nessus does with the EICAR attachment via SMTP. EICAR is designed to trip antivirus scanners (but is not a virus), and the test attempts to help you determine if there is a virus scanner on the system being tested.
more than likely you, (or someone), has been scanning the host this mail was sent at with Nessus. > Anybody else getting these emails? (eicar.com attachment was deleted > by me) > > I've received four messages (similar context, different attachments) > on each of three/four occasions over the last several days. > > Thoughts anyone? > > ------------------------ > <snip> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Organization: Nessus kabale > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Subject: Nessus antivirus test 1: base64 attachment > Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=-=-=" > Lines: 13 > Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Sep 2002 01:14:32.0453 (UTC) FILETIME=[C01B2B50:01C259F9] > > > > > > If you can read or execute the attachment, this means that you do not > > have an antivirus, or that it was disabled. > > > > ---------------End of Original Message----------------- > > - > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: general discussions about Nessus. > * To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > "unsubscribe nessus" in the body. > > ___________________________________________________ http://www.cirt.net/ Home of Nikto - [EMAIL PROTECTED]: general discussions about Nessus. * To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe nessus" in the body.
