For a while there there were new zip file viruses being released. Have they slowed down? I still ban zips just for protection between virus def updates.
Are you saying that there are few zip viruses and mostly ezips? If there are few regular zips then I'd think about removing the ban...
I'm saying that if your virus definitions are up-to-date, a virus in an E-mail with a .ZIP file attachment (that is not encrypted) will be detected (no matter what version of Declude Virus you are running).
The problem is that a lot of people seem to think that viruses in .ZIP files aren't detected -- but they are. .ZIP files are a bit unique, because of the encrypted ones (which need to be blocked, since viruses can't accurately be detected in them). But aside from the fact that they can be encrypted, they are no different than .EXE files -- viruses will be detected in unencrypted .ZIP files just as easily as they are detected in .EXE files.
So the only reason to ban .ZIP files is if you ban .EXE and other files (which helps protect you against future viruses between the time they are released and virus definitions are updated, but at the cost of making it difficult to transfer files).
-Scott
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