Mail Archives: cygwin/2009/11/14/10:37:52
Fergus wrote:
> 1 Thank you for trying the Thunderbird attachment options. I use
> PortableApps portable version. Will take a closer look at Options.
I finished experimenting over on the -talk list, the final conclusions are
at http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-talk/2009-q4/msg00038.html
> 3 So Norton lets nasties through; McAfee cripples normal practice;
> what else is there? PortableApps also do Clamav, which I guess I could
> try, though on the occasions that I have done so in the past it picks up
> a virus (trojan) in its own provision, presumably some sort of test
> procedure, but disconcerting.
Ah, would that be EICAR by any chance? If so, yes, nothing to worry about.
> Given the ease with which these can be
> picked up when not wanted, does anybody know of a site where a
> deliberate virus, trojan, worm, spy, ... may be downloaded as a test of
> On-Access scanning?
Google EICAR.
cheers,
DaveK
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