Gmail 'security reasons'.....
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It seems Gmail just blocks all *.exe, *.bat, *.vbs etc files from being sent on their email system (even if the offending file is inside another zip file)... Brilliant!! must be cheaper and more effective than having to actually run a virus scan on attachments like Yahoo or Hotmail :rolleyes: and how long do they plan to keep it in the BETA phase?? :confused:
US government sites block all of those AND .zip files. Despite the inconvenience it causes *you*, it's an effective, low-impact way to stop a lot of the mal-ware that comes through email.
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I think that is brilliant. It cuts out an insane amount of virus/malware while only mildly affecting a small number of people who should be using an alternative delivery method for their executables. (I'd suggest secure ftp but whatever suits your need)
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Last time I tried, simply renaming the executable file sufficed nicely.
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It seems Gmail just blocks all *.exe, *.bat, *.vbs etc files from being sent on their email system (even if the offending file is inside another zip file)... Brilliant!! must be cheaper and more effective than having to actually run a virus scan on attachments like Yahoo or Hotmail :rolleyes: and how long do they plan to keep it in the BETA phase?? :confused:
Haroon Sarwar wrote:
*.exe, *.bat, *.vbs etc
The desktop email client (Outlook 2003 onwards) blocks them too. Albeit this, it does allow it sent within another compressed container anyway. :)
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It seems Gmail just blocks all *.exe, *.bat, *.vbs etc files from being sent on their email system (even if the offending file is inside another zip file)... Brilliant!! must be cheaper and more effective than having to actually run a virus scan on attachments like Yahoo or Hotmail :rolleyes: and how long do they plan to keep it in the BETA phase?? :confused:
I can live with that, it's when gmail looks inside my zips and blocks them for the same reason ( this includes source code files ), that I am frustrated.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
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I can live with that, it's when gmail looks inside my zips and blocks them for the same reason ( this includes source code files ), that I am frustrated.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
Rename the .zip to .zzz. Works fine.
Best wishes, Hans
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Rename the .zip to .zzz. Works fine.
Best wishes, Hans
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Yeah, that's what I do. But from time to time, the person on the other end gets confused by that. It's just a hassle.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
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It seems Gmail just blocks all *.exe, *.bat, *.vbs etc files from being sent on their email system (even if the offending file is inside another zip file)... Brilliant!! must be cheaper and more effective than having to actually run a virus scan on attachments like Yahoo or Hotmail :rolleyes: and how long do they plan to keep it in the BETA phase?? :confused:
Password protect the zip/rar/whatever and encrypt filenames. If you don't encrypt the filenames GMail can still get a list of the files within the archive without actually extracting them.
Found on Bash.org [erno] hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is.
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It seems Gmail just blocks all *.exe, *.bat, *.vbs etc files from being sent on their email system (even if the offending file is inside another zip file)... Brilliant!! must be cheaper and more effective than having to actually run a virus scan on attachments like Yahoo or Hotmail :rolleyes: and how long do they plan to keep it in the BETA phase?? :confused:
If people weren't so stupid and did not click on "AnnaKournikovaNude.vbs" files, we wouldn't be there.
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It seems Gmail just blocks all *.exe, *.bat, *.vbs etc files from being sent on their email system (even if the offending file is inside another zip file)... Brilliant!! must be cheaper and more effective than having to actually run a virus scan on attachments like Yahoo or Hotmail :rolleyes: and how long do they plan to keep it in the BETA phase?? :confused:
ACtually, it IS brilliant. It stops people from blindly opening email attachments in a harmful way. It works even when the virus scanners don't detect a virus they don't know about yet! Believe it or not, virus/trojan scanners do NOT protect us from viruses/trojans. If they did, new ones wouldn't be written anymore. They protect us from being re-infected by a virus that's been found out. They offer very little protection, if at all, from new ones... Ahh, the wonders of "Default Allow" policies...
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If people weren't so stupid and did not click on "AnnaKournikovaNude.vbs" files, we wouldn't be there.
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Wow - where can I get that file ?
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
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If people weren't so stupid and did not click on "AnnaKournikovaNude.vbs" files, we wouldn't be there.
----- If atheism is a religion, then not collecting stamps is a hobby. -- Unknown God is the only being who, to rule, does not need to exist. -- Charles Baudelaire
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It seems Gmail just blocks all *.exe, *.bat, *.vbs etc files from being sent on their email system (even if the offending file is inside another zip file)... Brilliant!! must be cheaper and more effective than having to actually run a virus scan on attachments like Yahoo or Hotmail :rolleyes: and how long do they plan to keep it in the BETA phase?? :confused:
Haroon Sarwar wrote:
must be cheaper and more effective than having to actually run a virus scan on attachments like Yahoo or Hotmail :rolleyes:
Probably. Especially considering virus scanners don't really work. Frankly, email isn't terribly efficient for such distribution anyway - use a web or ftp site.
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Rename the .zip to .zzz. Works fine.
Best wishes, Hans
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Hans Dietrich wrote:
Rename the .zip to .zzz. Works fine.
Hey!
.ZZYworks fine too!
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