Corrupt pdf files - a cautionary tale.

[Stephen Swaney]

I have forwarded the details of this problem to a contact at Sophos.
I'll report back on any response.

Steve
Steve at Swaney.com


On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 02:06, John Wilcock wrote:

> 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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