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Zip files

We are getting some spam emails that are making their through the ASG to the ends users pc's that contain zip files. The users, not knowing any better (b/c the email come from "delta or USPS") open the zip file, only for it to contain a virus. IS there a way to combat this?

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0 BAlfson over 13 years ago

I believe the AV scanner does look inside zip files, but I don't think that the Mime-type or Extension filters is applied inside a zip. There's a Feature Request that you can vote for.

Ferdi's trick of renaming a non-malware program to .doc is caught if the file is not in a zip, so this is a part of the same issue.

Cheers - Bob

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0 BAlfson over 13 years ago

I believe the AV scanner does look inside zip files, but I don't think that the Mime-type or Extension filters is applied inside a zip. There's a Feature Request that you can vote for.

Ferdi's trick of renaming a non-malware program to .doc is caught if the file is not in a zip, so this is a part of the same issue.

Cheers - Bob

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0 Ferdi over 13 years ago in reply to BAlfson

Thanks for the answer
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