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Every one of the virus scanners I have tested with detect viruses inside of
.rar files:
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Scanners detecting a virus: McAfee, F-Prot, Sophos, ClamAV, TrendMicro, AVG,
BitDefender.
Content-Type: application/octet-stream, size: 15355 B, name: 2332134.rar
(McAfee: INFECTED: W32/Bagle.bo
(F-Prot):
Todd Bierbaum wrote:
William,
While I totally agree that blocking all zips "is like throwing out
the baby with the bathwater."
Agreed.
In the company that I work for, .rar is Greek to 99.98% of the people (My
counter-part and I are the .02%).
.rar are more difficult to scan for a variety of rea
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William Van Hefner
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 8:41 AM
To: IMail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] RAR Virus
Todd,
The t
On Monday, March 7, 2005, 09:40:37, William Van Hefner wrote:
> ... There is just too much usefulness in allowing users to send using
> file compression, and I think that doing away with all .zip or all
> .rar attachments is like throwing out the baby with the bathwater.
> There should be a less dr
half Of
> Todd Bierbaum
> Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 6:14 AM
> To: IMail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com
> Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] RAR Virus
>
>
> I've been blocking RAR files since I read this article:
>
> http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/21/1944230&tid=172
day, March 04, 2005 2:48 PM
To: IMail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com
Subject: [IMail Forum] RAR Virus
All,
I was just wondering if anyone out there has noticed a bunch of these .rar
viruses today? I've seen users get a couple of these this morning. They are
not detected by the mail server, which uses
PROTECTED] Behalf Of William Van
Hefner
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 2:48 PM
To: IMail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com
Subject: [IMail Forum] RAR Virus
All,
I was just wondering if anyone out there has noticed a bunch of these .rar
viruses today? I've seen users get a couple of these this morning. They ar
the desktop, either. They are pretty obviously viruses with .rar
attachments
and a blank body though. Anyone have a clue why this virus is not being
stopped, or any clue as to how to stop it, other than blocking all .rar
files (not easy to do with Imail). Thanks.
all rar files should be deleted,
I meant 'suppport'
William Van Hefner wrote:
All,
I was just wondering if anyone out there has noticed a bunch of these .rar
viruses today? I've seen users get a couple of these this morning. They are
not detected by the mail server, which uses MxGuard to scan with F-Prot and
CLAM AV, and Norton di
I think I got one addressed to 'supppot'?
William Van Hefner wrote:
All,
I was just wondering if anyone out there has noticed a bunch of these .rar
viruses today? I've seen users get a couple of these this morning. They are
not detected by the mail server, which uses MxGuard to scan with F-Prot and
All,
I was just wondering if anyone out there has noticed a bunch of these .rar
viruses today? I've seen users get a couple of these this morning. They are
not detected by the mail server, which uses MxGuard to scan with F-Prot and
CLAM AV, and Norton didn't detect it when my mail client downloade
Are .rar files treated the same as .zip files when using BANEXT EZIP?
Yes. With the latest interim of Declude Virus (which is required to block
all encrypted .ZIP/.RAR files), the "BANEXT EZIP" line will block all
encrypted .ZIP and all encrytped .RAR files (without blocking non-encrypted
.ZIP
: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 11:33 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] .RAR Virus now?
>> Yes, these started spreading over the weekend. It is now
recommended to
>> block all encrypted .ZIP and .RAR files (if you do not, these
viruses will
>> normally go through und
e-
> From: Samuel J Stanaitis
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 2:59 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] .RAR Virus now?
>
> Not 100% but I think WindowsXP does it by itself.
>
> Sam
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [E
Not 100% but I think WindowsXP does it by itself.
Sam
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 2:48 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] .RAR Virus now?
How easy is it for an average
IMail Forum] .RAR Virus now?
I've got the usual 20K in size archives coming through the email pretty much
as of this morning, only now they're in RAR files and don't seem to be
getting snagged by Declude/McAfee. I've tried to open the file from the
message at a standalone work
>; Tue, 16 Mar 2004 11:10:52 -0800
The following file has been deleted:text_document.rar
###
Travis
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of R. Scott Perry
> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 11:05 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
&
>> Yes, these started spreading over the weekend. It is now recommended to
>> block all encrypted .ZIP and .RAR files (if you do not, these viruses will
>> normally go through undetected, no matter what mailserver AV software you
>> use). If you download the latest interim release of Declude Viru
ch 16, 2004 2:05 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] .RAR Virus now?
>I've got the usual 20K in size archives coming through the email pretty
much
>as of this morning, only now they're in RAR files and don't seem to be
>getting snagged by Declude/McAfee. I'
nks for the tip.
Sam
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Klinge
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 1:53 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] .RAR Virus now?
>
> I've got the usual 20K in size archives coming through the
I've got the usual 20K in size archives coming through the email pretty much
as of this morning, only now they're in RAR files and don't seem to be
getting snagged by Declude/McAfee. I've tried to open the file from the
message at a standalone workstation but get a "system cannot find the file
sp
>
> I've got the usual 20K in size archives coming through the
> email pretty much as of this morning, only now they're in RAR
> files and don't seem to be getting snagged by Declude/McAfee.
> I've tried to open the file from the message at a standalone
> workstation but get a "system cannot
I've got the usual 20K in size archives coming through the email pretty much
as of this morning, only now they're in RAR files and don't seem to be
getting snagged by Declude/McAfee. I've tried to open the file from the
message at a standalone workstation but get a "system cannot find the file
spe
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