On Friday 18 June 2004 9:12 am, Simon Fishley wrote: > When you think about it though - does it really matter if you don't stop a > virus in an encrypted archive file? Unless the recipient knows the > password there is very little risk of damage. Not a very successful way of > getting a virus to propagate is it? Unless the body of the message > includes the password and the recipients does open the file. IMHO they > deserve to be infected then :)
Something tells me you haven't seen how effective the NetSky / SomeFool virus was.... If we could rely on the argument "you (user) did something stupid, therefore this problem is your fault", then around 80% of IT support and security staff could probably go home immediately. Regards, Antony. -- "The future is already here. It's just not evenly distributed yet." - William Gibson Please reply to the list; please don't CC me. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by The 2004 JavaOne(SM) Conference Learn from the experts at JavaOne(SM), Sun's Worldwide Java Developer Conference, June 28 - July 1 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA REGISTER AND SAVE! http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf Priority Code NWMGYKND _______________________________________________ Clamav-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clamav-users