HEADS UP - viruses in password protected zip files

[Gene LeDuc]

Hi Kevin,

My company has always blocked passworded zips.  If the gateway can't unzip the
file, it gets blocked.  It's a brain-dead gateway, so I won't embarrass
myself (by association) by saying what it is.

On Monday 01 March 2004 02:05 am, Spicer, Kevin wrote:
> This virus is spreading rapidly, we've seen it overnight (although not in
> its password protected form - but we had no way of spotting that so it may
> have got through).
>
> I'm now blocking zip files (making me not very popular this morning!).
>
> Time to start a discussion about ways to block password protected zip
> files?