MailScanner and password protected archives

[Julian Field]

Kai Schaetzl wrote:
> So, Jules, what can we do about that? As I said this seems to have been 
> solved partially in 4.60.1
>   
Only the "Allow Password protected archives" setting will have anything 
to do with this now. Neither ClamAV or clamavmodule will detect them as 
viruses.
>   
>> - -- "clamavmodule" scanner no longer detects password-protected archives 
>> as viruses, allowing them to be easily released in MailWatch.
>>     
>
> It's also not clear to me if the "Other Infection" message is because of 
> "Allow Password Protected Archives = no" (so set by MS) or because clamav 
> (not clamavmodule) detects password-protected archives as a virus (so set by 
> clamav).
>
> One should be able to store and release password-protected archives with
>
> Allow Password Protected Archives = no
> Keep Spam And MCP Archive Clean = Yes
>
> because a password-protected archive is not a virus per se.
>
>
>
> Kai
>
>   

Jules

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