RE: new nasty email virus trick to bypass scanners

["Priyantha" <priyantha () wightman ca>]

> At 09:53 PM 03/12/2003, Jamie Reid wrote:
>
> The other thing that worries me is that those who rely on 
> their ISP to scan 
> for viruses, a false sense of security can come into play.  
> In the case of 
> these types of email viruses, the user might think the file 
> is OK because 
> it was scanned.

The AVScanner should indicate that the file couldn't scan because it is
password protected and hence opening the file may be risky.

Priyantha