> Ps: Please, reply with the version No. of the AV. > scanner that you are using. If anyone of you have a > test PC please test the file using the online virus > scanners available at : http://virusall.com/downscan.html >
First of all this might be a social engg. attempt to find your antivirus versions and if the allow passing of malicious code thr.. so please santise your data before sending to the list > > I was woundering, what would be the results if such > > file gets stucked in an "AV gateway" (O; > > i conducted a test with the following antivirus - latest trail versions that were lying around 1. trend 2003 no stopping, but it decided to put the file in quarntine 2. mcafee 6 stoped the system for 15 min 3. norton 2003 system had to rebooted after harddisk thrashing for 60 minutes 4. kav latest no stopping 5. avg latest no stopping > ----------------------------- > * Winxp default zip manager just report the 12Gb zip > file to be 121 Mb!??? some but in prasing the zip header in the winxp zip dll file ? > * Winrar [3.20] can show the size of .bz2 files and > winrar just report bipin.zip is 128 Mb but it start > filling up the hdd. to 12 Gb if you try to extract the > file. no i was not able to reproduce this > *If we try to extract the 12 Gb [Standalone] file in > Fat32 tries to extract the 12 Gb file and terminate > extraction after 4Gb [fat32 limit] I wounder, why in > the 1'st place would Winrar allow to extract a 4+ Gb > [single] file in Fat 32. this looks like a winrar prob, > Ps: Please, reply with the version No. of the AV. > scanner that you are using. If anyone of you have a > test PC please test the file using the online virus > scanners available at : http://virusall.com/downscan.html > First of all this might be a social engg. attempt to find your antivirus versions and if the allow passing of malicious code thr.. so please santise your data before sending to the list > > I was woundering, what would be the results if such > > file gets stucked in an "AV gateway" (O; > > i conducted a test with the following antivirus - latest trail versions that were lying around 1. trend 2003 no stopping, but it decided to put the file in quarntine 2. mcafee 6 stoped the system for 15 min 3. norton 2003 system had to rebooted after harddisk thrashing for 60 minutes 4. kav latest no stopping 5. avg latest no stopping > ----------------------------- > * Winxp default zip manager just report the 12Gb zip > file to be 121 Mb!??? some but in prasing the zip header in the winxp zip dll file ? > * Winrar [3.20] can show the size of .bz2 files and > winrar just report bipin.zip is 128 Mb but it start > filling up the hdd. to 12 Gb if you try to extract the > file. no i was not able to reproduce this > *If we try to extract the 12 Gb [Standalone] file in > Fat32 tries to extract the 12 Gb file and terminate > extraction after 4Gb [fat32 limit] I wounder, why in > the 1'st place would Winrar allow to extract a 4+ Gb > [single] file in Fat 32. this looks like a winrar prob, -aditya ________________________________________________________________________ Delivered using the Free Personal Edition of Mailtraq (www.mailtraq.com) _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
