MailScanner and password protected archives

[Julian Field]

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Kai Schaetzl wrote:
> There was a discussion about this in April and the problem got supposedly 
> fixed with MS 4.60.1:
>
> - -- "clamavmodule" scanner no longer detects password-protected archives 
> as viruses, allowing them to be easily released in MailWatch.
>
> I'm not sure if that really fixes the problem. I've seen this problem 
> happen with clamav (not module) as well and it's not a Mailwatch problem. 
> The password-protected archive gets detected as "Other Infection" (as 
> shown by Mailwatch) and blocked. However, it does not get stored (no 
> viruses get stored) and that's the reason why a release is not possible.
>   
It will be caught, and logged as an "Other infection" if
Allow Password Protected Archives = no

Jules

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