By passing some archives through www.virustotal.com I discovered that some AV companies ignore tar.gz's and possibly other archive formats that aren't very common on windows systems (but supported by the common archive tools). If virus writers start using these formats AV companies could be slow to react as in some cases they may have to write functionality into their products that doesn't currently exist (support for scanning inside said archives) this could delay signature updates. Full write up here: http://zeedo.blogspot.com/2005/02/multiple-av-vendors-ignoring-targz.html -- With Regards.. Barrie Dempster (zeedo) - Fortiter et Strenue blog: http://zeedo.blogspot.com site: http://www.bsrf.org.uk [ gpg --recv-keys --keyserver www.keyserver.net 0x96025FD0 ]
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