Hello Marcus Ohlstr�m, On Friday, October 18 2002 at 12:43 AM PDT, you wrote:
> > I have never heard of a *.zip file that was itself a virus. Is that > > what you are referring to, and if so can you point to some > > documentation that explains how they do it or how it works? > > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS02-054.asp Thanks Marcus... I have read the article, but I still remain skeptical. Why? Because if that were true, the entire Computing World would be up in arms about it. Anti-Virus Software Companies would be scrambling to produce Programs that would automatically delete all *.zip files if simply opening an archive to view the contents would in itself unleash the virus. Think of all the hundreds of thousands... or millions... of *.zip files that are being opened each and every day. That presents a tremendous opportunity for virus makers, yet one never hears of such exploits. It must not be a very popular exploit... either that or there is more to unleashing the virus than simply opening a ZIP file. -- Nick Andriash Creston, B.C. Canada PGP Public Key: MailTo:andriash@;shaw.ca?subject=PGPKey ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
