Antivirus Software Decrypts Bagle Attachments
News Recent versions of the Bagle worm have bypassed corporate gateway security because they are distributed in password-protected Zip files, which are next to impossible for antivirus programs to scan. Eugene Kaspersky, head of antivirus research at...
[March 4, 2004, 16:50]
ALZip
Downloads You can open 36 archive and compression file formats, open CD image files (ISO, BIN), open virtual CD files (LCD), create 8 archive and compression file formats, create self-extracting files (EXE), split files for easy transfers, recover lost...
[January 25, 2007, 11:31]
Antivirus Holes Zipped Up
News Sophos has enhanced its scan engine (Version 3.87.0) to deal with malformed ZIP files. Sophos updated its antivirus engine on Wednesday to plug a security hole that allowed virus writers to manipulate compressed files and avoid detection by the...
[October 20, 2004, 9:30]
Bagle Worm Spawns Five Siblings
News This means that enterprises are unlikely to detect the virus at the perimeter because .zip files are not usually blocked and the encryption means that antivirus scanners will not be able to unzip the file: "This way they get through many gateway...
[March 1, 2004, 12:45]
MyDoom: Prevention And Cure
News The attached files are one of the following: document.zip document.pif doc.scr message.pif readme.exe file.zip message.zip oia.zip text.zip MyDoom (w32.mydoom@mm, also known as Novarg, Shimgapi, Shimg, and MiMail.r) takes advantage of the...
[January 28, 2004, 9:05]
Mimail.c Worm: Prevention And Cure
News The latest email worm disguises itself as a ZIP file of steamy photos from the beach. The attached filename is photos.zip. Most antivirus software companies have updated their signature files to include this worm.
[November 3, 2003, 8:35]
PKZip For Windows 8.0 review
Reviews It also offers integration with popular email and antivirus programs so that you can create, antivirus-check, and send a ZIP archive from within Microsoft Outlook. You can create new ZIP file archives manually, by either right-clicking the files...
[June 25, 2004, 12:05]
Help & HowTo: Sobig.e Worm
News Since ZIP files are ignored by most extension-blocking rules within email clients, you should not attempt to open this file. The attached file is your_details.zip. The body text for Sobig.e may also read "Please see the attached zip file for details.
[June 26, 2003, 10:20]
Norton AntiVirus 2003 review
Reviews Unfortunately, unlike its major competitor, McAfee’s VirusScan, NAV 2003 scans ZIP files during the extraction process -- after you've downloaded them. We'd feel safer if NAV inspected ZIP files during the download.
[September 10, 2002, 7:25]
F-Secure Warns Of Archive Protocol Danger
News The University of Oulu researchers discovered the vulnerabilities in various archive file formats, including ZIP, as part of their Protos Genome Project. The Secure Programming Group at Oulu University has created a collection of malformed archive...
[March 19, 2008, 13:07]
SystemSuite 4.0 review
Reviews SystemSuite uses a two-paned interface offering utility categories on the left -- Firewall, Antivirus, Optimize And Maintain, Diagnose, Fix, Recover, Uninstall, Cleanup, and Zip. However, unlike Norton AntiVirus 2002, it doesn't scan outgoing email...
[November 12, 2001, 23:00]
Bagle Uses Outlook Flaw To Speed Replication
News To fool antivirus software, the next batch of Bagles was sent with the infected attachment hidden inside an encrypted Zip file, with the password to open the file contained in the email's text. However, Sophos's Cluley said Phatbot can be dealt...
[March 18, 2004, 11:55]
Update: Shockwave Warning Puts UK Firms On Virus Alert
News Once executed, the worm tries to cause maximum nuisance for users by changing the names of JPEG and ZIP files and moving them to the directory C:\. The majority of vendors have updated their antivirus software and made the new drivers available for...
[December 1, 2000, 9:59]
VirusScan 6.0 review
Reviews Our tests show that VirusScan identifies viruses in ZIP files before they hit the hard drive, which is something that Norton AntiVirus can't do. VAT) for Norton AntiVirus 2002 and install a free firewall such as ZoneAlarm.
[January 15, 2002, 23:00]
Bagle Turns To Anti-spam Trick
News Within days, antivirus companies updated their products to look for the password and decrypt the Zip file, but the Bagle author has now released these three new versions of the worm that produce the password in the form of a graphic or picture...
[March 15, 2004, 13:05]
Viruses Zipped Into Clever Disguises
News According to iDEFENSE, the problem stems from the method used by antivirus software to scan compressed files and affects applications from McAfee, Computer Associates, Kaspersky, Sophos, Eset and RAV.
[October 19, 2004, 11:30]
