Corrupt pdf files - a cautionary tale.

John Wilcock john at TRADOC.FR
Wed Jul 30 07:06:16 IST 2003


On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 16:25:33 +0100, Julian Field wrote:
> >Unfortunately the fix to this problem has the consequence that any
> >corrupt file, PDF or non-PDF, that Sophos cannot scan will potentially
> >be delivered. However since we also run with a second A-V product
> >(McAfee) and have the usual MS filename extension and file type blocks
> >in place I hope we will be reasonably protected.
> 
> Is there anything I can do to help other people to avoid this problem?

How about adding an "Allowed Sophos Error Messages For PDF" option to
enable different settings for PDF and non-PDF?

John.

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