On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 10:14, ATD wrote: > Yes, > And this was my point. Are the crafty "worm gods" creating worms that > evade detection by using compression and other methods? If they are > doing this, and if they are creating the "stealth worms" whats next. Zip > files would be just one of hundreds of ways to hide worms. Maybe the > virus scanning technology needs to be kicked up a notch or two.
Do most virus scanners *not* scan compressed files? We scan all incoming mail using Amavis (on linux) with the NAI engine which does scanning of all the common compression schemes. -- -------------------------- M. Osten www.bleepyou.com _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
