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Since: Jul 09, 2004
Posts: 23

(Msg. 1) Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2004 4:05 am
Post subject: avg7 and zip files
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avg7, password protected zips sail right on through. Is this a bug, and is
it going to be fixed any time soon?

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Since: Oct 25, 2004
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2004 4:15 am
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2004 12:49 am Post subject: Re: avg7 and zip files [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

quoting: >>>avg7, password protected zips sail right on through. Is this a bug, and >>>is it going to be fixed any time soon? >> >> >>AV programs have no way to scan password protected files, therefore >>they skip them. > >Not true. KAV and some others use various methods of handling such zip >files. One method KAV uses is to literally read the password in the >message body and scan the contents of the zip. When I used to use NAV 2000, I remember it scanned the zip file itself, then try to scan inside the zip file. It should be very easy to add the definition of the zip file itself to other AV scanners. Since these zip files are sent out by the thousands, I should not be a problem to get a pattern from the zip file, then treat the zip file itself as a virus. >> Stay informed about: avg7 and zip files

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