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optikl
Are you insane?Bob said:
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Bob
There should be an option like there was in McAfee. In fact McAfee
gove the user 2 options: executables only, with zip and all files with
exceptions.
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Bob
Unfortunately it did not perk your humor.
Nevermind - this is not an issue that lends itself to attempts at
subtle humor.
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Bob
Why would you think that - lots of experience?
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Heather
What's in a Name? said:
(VBG).....btw, I had a good look at your website and I am impressed with it.
And that's no joke.....
)I have been away from news groups for a while, so trying to catch up. But I
will say, without reservation.....any Symantec product screws up WinME, yet
they still sell it saying it is compatible with it......NOT!!
XX Heather (Figgs)
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Heather
optikl said:
That might explain most of his remarks!! (G)
HF
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DaVinci
Bob said:
It must have been the delivery.
Oh, is that what you call it..."subtle humor"?
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Roger Wilco
Bob said:
Actually that "is" good. Other results could be termed false positives
for EICAR.
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Bob
You are definitely insane if you can explain my remarks.
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Bob
Actually that "is" good. Other results could be termed false positives
for EICAR.
I am disappointed in CA AV for not at least trying to imitate McAfee,
which allows the user to select which kinds of files to scan
automatically.
With a 2.4 GHz machine and ATA133 drives, I can afford a little
"overhead" in scanning *everything* (except the pagefile).
Maybe eTrust users need to bring this glaring defect to the attention
of CA.
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DaVinci
Bob said:
It's possible to configure an exclusions list with both the real-time
and on-demand scanners. It may take a bit more effort to exclude what
not to scan than to include what to scan, but it is an option if you
need or want selective scanning.
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Bob
Yes, I saw that and set it to exclude "pagefile.sys", although I do
not know if it would scan that if I did not exclude it.
But I want to make it scan *everything* except excluded files, which
includes non-executables which includes ZIP and other archive files. I
want that rule to be applied to real time and manual scans.
How do I do that?
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DaVinci
Bob said:
It's necessary to create separate exclusion rules for the real-time and
on-demand scanners. Go into Scan Settings and under Exclusions, click
Modify for each scanner. Click Add, and if for example you want to
exclude all zip files, add the entry *.zip. Do the same for cab files
with *.cab, etc. As you've already seen with adding pagefile.sys to the
excludes list, you can also browse and add specific files, folders, or
partitions.
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Bob
I did that.
Now how do I make CA AV scan *everything* but exclusions?
As it is now, it won't scan ZIP files automatically.
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lee
Bob said:
How is it a defect if the scanner is designed to function this way?
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DaVinci
Bob said:
AFAICT, the on-demand scanner scans everything, including zip files, and
excludes only what's in the excludes list. It appears that the
real-time scanner scans zip files when you attempt to extract the
contents. I downloaded the eicar zip files, which it allowed, but then
it flagged the contents (eicar.com) when I attempted to extract it. Why
do you think it doesn't scan zip files?
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Bob
I was expecting it to scan the zip file just like the executable,
namely, before I downloaded it. It is good to know that it will catch
it when I extract.
I like eTrust and I hope it works out. Thanks for your support.
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Bob
I expect it to catch the virus even if it is zipped up. However, it
looks like I will have to settle with catch the virus when I unzip.
Most people have their browser set to automatically perform the unzip
on download, but I don't for safety reasons. I make Mozilla ask
permission to save to disk and not open anything.
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DaVinci
Bob said:
Okay, I see now. Keep in mind that you always have the option to scan
the zip file before you extract the contents using the on-demand
scanner. For example, using the on-demand scanner, eTrust identifies
that the double zipped eicar is infected.
I'm glad to hear the information was helpful. Good luck.
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Bob
Yes, but I still would like to have the option of getting CA AV to
scan automatically before I download - like I had with McAfee.
But all this is academic. I sent the eicar.com file to myself and I
did not receive it. I used 2 ISPs - one for my POP3 server and the
other for my SMYP server. One of them caught it - most likely Road
Runner.