Executables within docx files?

[Alexander Wirt via amavis-users]

On Wed, 04 Sep 2013, Alex wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> >> $ file \[trash\]/0001.dat
> >> [trash]/0001.dat: DOS executable (block device driver)
> >>
> >> Is this normal for a docx file? I'm sure the original sender had no
> >> idea this file contained a device driver. Is there something the
> >> sender needs to do to avoid this in the future?
> >>
> >> Is there some way to avoid this problem from happening again with
> >> other docx files?
> > See http://bugs.gw.com/view.php?id=277
> 
> What is this gw.com site? Shouldn't a bug report be filed with the
> 'file' people or the amavisd people?
its the bugtracker of file (and libmagic).

Alex