Rule to delete all mail with ZIP attachments?

Unfortunately, I have to do business with Windows users whose machines seem to be infested with viruses that harvest email addresses. As a result, I am engulfed daily with mail that contains Windows virus attachments (ZIP files) and spam with GIF attachments. And I'm tired of it. Reporting the senders to their ISPs is an exercise in futility.
Since the only legitimate attachments I receive from clients are always, and without exception, Stuffit SIT or SITX files, is there any way to set up a rule in Mail that will delete emails with ZIP or GIF attachments but allow those with SIT/SITX files through?
There doesn't seem to be a way to add "Attachment" to the list of headers in Rules. In view of the fact that the most common vector for viruses is via email attachments, this seems to be a major oversight on Apple's part.
Any hints on dealing with this ****?
Kind regards.
Message was edited by: Dave Bourke. I'm sorry, when did the common word for Hades become forbidden? John Milton is on the banned list now? What is happening to the world?

Many thanks for your very helpful response, Mikkel.
However, when I expand the headers on any mail that contains an attachment, there is no header named "Attachment," just a paperclip symbol with an expand arrow.
So if I go to create a Rule, first of all there is no "Attachment" header in the Conditions list, and second it is unclear how to enter such a symbol-based header in the "Edit Header List..." dialog. Do I simply type the word "Attachment" into the dialog as a header even though it never actually appears in any emails with attachments?
Still mystified...
Kind regards.

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Geeken wrote:
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