| JSpamFilter is in no way supposed to replace other security measures like anti-virus software, but it can complement such efforts by helping to keep mailicious-payload carrying messages from even getting to the end-user. |
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| Senders of mailicious email often exploit the same weakened and compromised servers that the senders of spam email use and as such wind up on the anti-spam lists.
Some lists are updated automatically and may block such senders even before a virus patch is issued for a new strain. |
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| JSpamFilter includes attachment tests to block all mail with particular attachment file types. |
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| JSpamFilter can block messages with attachments of type .bat (Batch), .pif (Program Information File), .exe (Executable), .com (Command File), .scr. (Screen Saver). You can block messages with any or all of these file type attachments. |
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| Many of these attachment types represent very little other than a way for people to send viruses to unsuspecting recepients. |
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| Mistakes happen, even educated users can accidentally open emails that carry potentially injurious content. Whether you use server-side or client-side anti-virus software, the less mail of this sort that even gets to your users, the better. |
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