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mephisto_007
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Lolz I like to see who got those password? 
mephisto_007
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Is that a virus? and no I do not download pwd from email
Might be in an NFO inside the archive. Overall though, it's probably not the stuff for Techspot. Beyond that, I don't know.
Personally I think downloading things like that, whatever the xource, is a little bit risky though. There are three good reasons to password protect archives...
1, to make sure that only your intended audience can open them
2, to make sure your kids can't open them
3, to make sure that AntiVirus scans can't scan what's inside them.
Personally I think downloading things like that, whatever the xource, is a little bit risky though. There are three good reasons to password protect archives...
1, to make sure that only your intended audience can open them
2, to make sure your kids can't open them
3, to make sure that AntiVirus scans can't scan what's inside them.
mephisto_007
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Spike said:
Something I've learn today... Thank for the info...
howard_hopkinso
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Spike said:
I know that AVG free can scan inside archives.
You need to set your antivirus programme to scan inside archives, then there shouldn`t be a problem.
The antivirus programme will just say "virus found embedded object"
Obviously the antivirus programme can`t remove a virus from within a zip file.
You would need to delete the zip file completely.
Regards Howard
My AV is always set to scan within archives, as is my ad-aware
It's password protected archives that AV's can't scan inside of, such as the one I made just for the purpose a moment ago (see image in attatchment)...
...AVG has clearly been set to scan within archives, but because the archive is password protected, AVG has only scanned the archive, but has not scanned it's contents because it has no access to them without the password. If AVG were able to scan inside it, it would report the scanning of 6 or 7 files.
As an aside, I don't know if many people have noticed them, but I have an email account with yahoo that recieves in the region of 1000-2000 or more Spam emails every few days - I don't know. It's a lot of them however many. There are about 4,500 in the bulk folder at the moment. I've recieved a large number telling me that "my password has been changed" with zip attachments, and instructions to use the password given in the email to open the zip. They are quite obviously virus laden emails, and they are send in that way for this precise reason.
It's password protected archives that AV's can't scan inside of, such as the one I made just for the purpose a moment ago (see image in attatchment)...
...AVG has clearly been set to scan within archives, but because the archive is password protected, AVG has only scanned the archive, but has not scanned it's contents because it has no access to them without the password. If AVG were able to scan inside it, it would report the scanning of 6 or 7 files.
As an aside, I don't know if many people have noticed them, but I have an email account with yahoo that recieves in the region of 1000-2000 or more Spam emails every few days - I don't know. It's a lot of them however many. There are about 4,500 in the bulk folder at the moment. I've recieved a large number telling me that "my password has been changed" with zip attachments, and instructions to use the password given in the email to open the zip. They are quite obviously virus laden emails, and they are send in that way for this precise reason.
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howard_hopkinso
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I see what you mean now Spike. appologies.
Regards Howard
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