Re: encrypted zips / sophie

Alan Thew <[email protected]> Tue, 6 Apr 2004 22:44:33 +0100 (BST)
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.virus.vtools
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On Tue, 6 Apr 2004 15:33 , Jim Savoy <[email protected]> said:

>
> I then added all of David Broome's "paranoia" flags (!) and now I get this:
>
> Sophie version   : 3.04rc2
> NOTICE           : Scanning file '/tmp/virus.txt'
> WARNING       : Error: File was encrypted
> NOTICE           : pSAVI cleaned up and released/terminated
> NOTICE           : SAVI cleaned up and terminated
>
> Not really what I wanted. I don't want to reject things just because
> they are
> encrypted. I just want to reject infected files.
>
Unless you know the key, this is the best you'll get IMHO. We do not allow
encrypted zips any more and tell people to use PGP instead.

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