On Mon, 9 Jul 01 18:03:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Howard Schwartz) wrote:
>> nor can I figure out why you want PKUNZIP to automatically unZIP files
>> as they are downloaded
> I find it a handy trick, when downloading a zipped file to define zip
> as a MIME type and/or as a download option, in such a way that the
> browser runs a zip utility like zview or aview, instead of zip itself.
> The result is that I can see each file in the zip file, can view
> the text in any of these files if desired, and can download all or
> some of the files to a dos directory of my choice. Indeed, aview
> also offers the option of an automatic virus scan before downloading
> any of these files.
> This strategy works with most browsers. Maybe others will find it
> handy too.
Howard:
How can an anti-virus program scan a file for viruses *before*
the file is downloaded? I have never heard of any virus scanning
software having such a feature.
Sam Heywood
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