Every one of the virus scanners I have tested with detect viruses inside of .rar files:
===== Scanners detecting a virus: McAfee, F-Prot, Sophos, ClamAV, TrendMicro, AVG, BitDefender. Content-Type: application/octet-stream, size: 15355 B, name: 2332134.rar (McAfee: INFECTED: W32/Bagle.bo (F-Prot): INFECTED: W32/Mitglieder.gen (Sophos): INFECTED: Troj/BagleDl-M (ClamAV): INFECTED: Worm.Bagle.BA-1 (TrendMicro): INFECTED: TROJ_BAGLE.BG (AVG): INFECTED: Virus identified I-Worm/Bagle.BX (BitDefender): INFECTED: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== Might need to confirm that you are running the lastest scan engine for your scanners. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Van Hefner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The thing that kind of bugs me about this is that I don't see why antivirus scanners can't scan inside a .rar file just as easily as they can scan inside a .zip file? The .rar compression program is far superior to .zip in most respects, and is gaining increasing popularity. I already block encrypted or password protected .zip files, but not all .zips. There is just too much usefulness in allowing users to send using file compression, and I think that doing away with all .zip or all .rar attachments is like throwing out the baby with the bathwater. There should be a less drastic solution available. To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
