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Article #4730Re: Questions about OS2SCAN and OS/2-based AV software in general (OS/
From: Vesselin Bontchev
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 18:40
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 18:40
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aryeh@mcafee.com (McAfee Associates) writes: > >Do you know any way in which a known DOS virus can infect an extended > >filename on an HPFS partition? > Nope. But I myself create directories under OS/2 HPFS with names like > "MS-DOS 3.3 Files" and "Today's Downloads" in which I keep normal DOS > files. I'm sure other people do as well :-) Yup, you are right. And there is one more possibility, which I figured out myself after posting my message. A virus could infect a file with a short filename and the user could rename it later to an extended filename. If the scanner does not scan those files, then there is a danger for reinfection. Regards, Vesselin - -- Vesselin Vladimirov Bontchev Virus Test Center, University of Hamburg Tel.:+49-40-54715-224, Fax: +49-40-54715-226 Fachbereich Informatik - AGN < PGP 2.1 public key available on request. > Vogt-Koelln-Strasse 30, rm. 107 C e-mail: bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de D-2000 Hamburg 54, Germany
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!gatech!udel!princeton!jvnc.net!netnews.upenn.edu!netnews.cc.lehigh.edu!news From: bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Vesselin Bontchev) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Re: Questions about OS2SCAN and OS/2-based AV software in general (OS/ Message-ID: <0004.9301051402.AA11929@barnabas.cert.org> Date: 22 Dec 92 18:40:09 GMT Sender: virus-l@lehigh.edu Lines: 22 Approved: news@netnews.cc.lehigh.edu