Hi Anne, On Tuesday, October 29, 2002 20:04 your local time, which was 12:04 my local time, Anne Anne [A] wrote;
CW>> I'm not sure about other AV's, but DrWeb actually scans compressed files CW>> before execution. Therefore, if it has a virus, it'll recognise it CW>> before you even attempt to save it and then unpack it. A> Kaspersky does the same Chris - in fact this afternoon I was trying to A> download the eicar test file to use on the test box downstairs and it A> as in a zip format. As soon as the download had finished and before I A> had even managed to get to the directory it was in Kaspersky blocked A> access to it. Resort to plan B - write my own eicar file on the A> standalone box! <g> Actually I just tried it again and DrWeb won't even let you download it. As soon as you click on the link to download it, it warns you that it's a virus, well, a test virus. This is another feature I really liked with DrWeb, because if you're about to download a big file, it'll warn you before you start downloading it rather than when you've finished. For dial-up users this could be a godsend, rather than downloading a file and then finding it has a virus. Cheers, Chris. -- E-Mail - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Created Using The Bat! V1.61 and Virus Checked by DrWeb. ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
