> Can anyone tell me how a passworded zip file can be a threat?
Probably because the virus scanner cannot open it.
Yup, that part I got. But to my mind, the fact that the virus scanner can't
scan it doesn't render it a threat. It only becomes a threat if somebody
can actually execute the contained malware.
See what I mean about me being too literal? :)
My Avast! anti-virus system can detect malware in non-passworded zip files,
but it usually takes it a couple of days to catch up with new variations.
So I don't count on it to protect us from zip files anyway. Instead, I
instruct all users to never open any attachments, zipped or not, unless
they know exactly what is going to be in it beforehand.
Ken Dibble
www.stic-cil.org
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