On 10/22/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yep, but Zip files are much less successful at causing infections compared
> to executables.
>
> Richard
>


Also, most scanners can read zip archives. Then they sent out a few
decompression zip bombs, and after we got around that the VX'ers
started using password protected zip archives (which most admins drop
now).

That catches us up to 2004...

-JP
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