[Cialug] [OT] AV test

[David Champion]

It's fairly easy to send an email from the command line, using uuencode 
or base64 to attach the .zip file, if you can't send it from a normal 
email client, and you don't want to use Jeff's telnet method. ;)

Here's an example script:

http://books.google.com/books?id=8NfEb9C1iJAC&pg=PA152&lpg=PA152&dq=mail+-s+uuencode+script&source=bl&ots=D4U-xTmlr9&sig=0eWq0Hz0-S5lG3_oNRaTIegaV0Q&hl=en&ei=nmHLSuOyJ6Gvtge0mZHyAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5#v=onepage&q=mail%20-s%20uuencode%20script&f=false

-dc

Daniel A. Ramaley wrote:
> I have a quick favor to ask.
>
> We're trying to verify that our anti-virus system is actually working at 
> detecting viruses inside of zip files. However, every attempt i've made 
> to send a virus into Drake has been met with failure as every other e-
> mail system i have access to does not allow for sending viruses.
>
> Could someone who can send unfiltered mail please download eicar_com.zip 
> (a test virus file--not a real virus) from the URL below and e-mail it 
> to me? Then please send a separate mail letting me know to look for it. 
> Hopefully i won't receive the virus, but it will be caught in a 
> quarantine. Here's the URL:
> http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm
>
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