The problem with encrypted password protected zip files is by nature of the product. The virus scanner would have to OPEN the zip file to scan the file inside. IF they were able to do that, that could be seen as a security risk. Example, I have a client that is involved in health care. Therefore, all of their files are zipped and encrypted. If a virus scanner was able to open the zip and scan the file inside, that could be interpreted as a violation of HIPPA regulations.
What Declude is able to do is see what kind of file is inside the zip and apply extension policy based on the type. John Tolmachoff Engineer/Consultant/Owner eServices For You > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Jay Calvert > Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 6:12 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Declude.Virus] Trend and McAfee installed on same machine > > So the scanners can't catch them? > > Our company utilizes Zip files and Password Protected Zips on a daily basis. > Is there anything that will catch them with Declude? Any other virus > scanners? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 5:59 PM > Subject: Re: [Declude.Virus] Trend and McAfee installed on same machine > > > > > > >That should have been > > > > > >...If I turn off BANEXT ZIP and BANEXT EZIP and run your tests, they get > > >through > > > > Ah, that's good. That's the way it should be. The eicardynamicencodedzip > > file (like some viruses) can only be caught by blocking encrypted .ZIP > files. > > > > -Scott > > --- > > Declude JunkMail: The advanced anti-spam solution for IMail mailservers > > since 2000. > > Declude Virus: Ultra reliable virus detection and the leader in mailserver > > vulnerability detection. > > Find out what you've been missing: Ask for a free 30-day evaluation. > > > > --- > > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > (http://www.declude.com)] > > > > --- > > This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus mailing list. To > > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > > type "unsubscribe Declude.Virus". The archives can be found > > at http://www.mail-archive.com. > > --- > > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > > > > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] > > --- > This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus mailing list. To > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > type "unsubscribe Declude.Virus". The archives can be found > at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.Virus". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
