Hello Marck,

On Tue, 16 Jul 2002 01:54:18 +0100 GMT (16/07/02, 07:54 +0700 GMT),
Marck D Pearlstone wrote:

MDP> Yes. As I see it there is a clear difference. A virus in an executable
MDP> parsed by an external AV is already both loaded into and visible from
MDP> the OS. Raw MIME data in a message base folder is neither. The
MDP> difference is clear.

How then can an AV scanner identify a virus that is being downloaded?
I would think that the AV software does understand MIME encryption and
will decrypt the attachment on the fly for checking.

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Cheers,
Thomas.

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