>My boss happened across this article and asked me if Declude/McAfee
>NetShield fell into this category.
>
>Can Some Viruses Duck Server-Based Traps?
>http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,84644,00.asp
>
>Sounds like these viruses are somehow hidden by manipulating the headers. I
>am not much of an expert on email headers and they don't go into too much
>detail. They go on to say that server-based scanners that do not scan the
>entire message may not catch this kind of "hidden" virus.
>
>Anyone know what they're talking about? And would Declude/McAfee have such
>a flaw?
I'm investigating it right now. It does look like Declude (and likely most
other Windows mail server AV scanners) will not detect these. Again, it
looks like we've got more programming to do thanks to Microsoft's creative
programming.
I'll post more information here as soon as I get some.
-Scott
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