"Boris Zbarsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message aljju2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:aljju2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > pervect wrote: > > I can see the file shows up as an ".exe" file type when downloaded. > > This is a known bug in 1.0 (renaming some files to have the .exe extension). > > > When I use another browser, the downloaded file is not an .exe file, and it > > doesn't scan positive for a virus either. > > Does your virus scanner actually scan non-.exe files in the same way it > scans .exe files? If you download with another browser and rename to > have a .exe extension (watch out for Windows hiding extensions), what > does the virus scanner say?
I know the scanner doesn't scan non-exe files in the same way as other files, because when I renamed the positive scanning file (to avoid accidentally running it), it no longer scanned positive. It sounds like this is all that's happening, then - the bug renames the file to an .exe, and random data trips falsely activates the virus scanner. If I can remember how to do a binary file compare, I'll try confirming that the extension is all that's changed. Thanks for your reply - I feel a lot better now.
