HEADS UP - viruses in password protected zip files

David Höhn dh at UPTIME.AT
Mon Mar 1 10:22:00 GMT 2004


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Spicer, Kevin wrote:

| [third hand answers vorrowed from a discussion on the clam list]
| David Höhn wrote:
<snip>
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| Yes, uses a social engineering trick to get them to enter it
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In this case I think it is not a programs duty to protect the Users but
the security officers. Which means they should be warned. I know that
does not do the trick in all cases but a software solution neither does.
|
|>Is it a random string?
|>
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| Seems to be a random number from the two examples quoted so far
|
Is it something that could be hanlded fairly easily by MCP ? If so, I
think that is the way to go

- -d

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