----- Original Message -----
From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 9:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Declude.Virus] F-Prot Stuff

> /PACKED is a very different beast.  It will attempt to scan compressed
> .EXE's (such as PKLite or Neolite) by actually emulating the decompression
> code.  I personally wouldn't use this on a server, just in case someone
> figures out a way to bypass F-Prot's safety mechanisms when running the
> unknown code.

Are you saying it actually tries to execute or interpret the code in the .exe
it finds?

I assumed it was using it's own internal un-pklite type code, in which case I
don't see how it is different from a security perspective than /archive.

Jerry





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