Anyone tested this against commercial products, that could provide another counter argument if they too have problems scanning under this condition.

Even if McAfee and the likes can scan such a file, you then wonder who truly has control over privacy and what not.

Christopher X. Candreva wrote:
On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, jef moskot wrote:


I've heard of a new strategy for spreading viruses/worms.  The victim
receives a message with an attached passworded zip file.  The password is
included in the text of the message.


Off-hand I don't see this being a large threat. You are counting on people
to either have winzip installed, or be able to download it, then have to
type in a password correctly.



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