ON Wednesday, October 30, 2002, 11:45:32 AM, you wrote: ACM> In <mid:04018078.20021030092358@;ntc.net.np>, ACM> Sudip Pokhrel [SP] wrote:'
SP>> Do you mean to say, when you initiate a download process, *it* SP>> connects to the net and scans files on a server *before* your SP>> browser or download manager begin their downloads? SP>> Are you sure about this? ACM> I doubt very much that this is the case. If I do the test with ACM> Eicar.com, NOD32 stops me from downloading right away but eicar.com ACM> is a tiny file that's downloaded in an instant anyway. ACM> I therefore tried this with a larger infected file and the alert ACM> does appear after the file is downloaded and is being saved to disk. ACM> I doubt that DrWeb works any differently. Hi Allie, Just ask yourself, if the file isn't downloaded how does the prg check for viruses? Upload itself to the server? -- Best regards, Gerard -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it. - W. M. Lewis - Using The Bat! v1.61 on Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 3 ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
