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No s--t Sherlock.
It's a test to see if MSE can detect viruses burried in zip files as most
other
other virus programs do.
CDR
 
See this thread:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com.../thread/1d95a4ad-2476-498f-83b0-4e26fca5f5cb/

MSE will also detect the eicar file if you scan the zip file once
saved to the drive - still as a .zip file.

It will also scan on download if the download was performed with a
browser that supports the IAttachmentExecute interface.

And, once again - discuss MSE in the MSE forum.
-steve

No s--t Sherlock.
It's a test to see if MSE can detect viruses burried in zip files as most
other
other virus programs do.
CDR
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MSE does scan files buried in zipped or double zipped files or non zipped
eicar files, however it apparently is programmed to ignore EICAR as a threat
rather it be zipped, double zipped or not zipped at all.
BTW where is it written that I must go to a forum where there having the
same
apparent problem I was having and there was no apparent solution there
either?
CDR

Stephen Boots MVP-Windows Live said:
See this thread:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com.../thread/1d95a4ad-2476-498f-83b0-4e26fca5f5cb/

MSE will also detect the eicar file if you scan the zip file once
saved to the drive - still as a .zip file.

It will also scan on download if the download was performed with a
browser that supports the IAttachmentExecute interface.

And, once again - discuss MSE in the MSE forum.
-steve
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Simple - that's the forum for discussing Microsoft Security
Essentials.
This newsgroup is for Windows Defender - different program.

The thread that I pointed you to explained the reason that the Eicar
test file is not detected within a zip file.
-steve

MSE does scan files buried in zipped or double zipped files or non zipped
eicar files, however it apparently is programmed to ignore EICAR as a threat
rather it be zipped, double zipped or not zipped at all.
BTW where is it written that I must go to a forum where there having the
same
apparent problem I was having and there was no apparent solution there
either?
CDR
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