Leythos <void@nowhere.lan> wrote:

> In article <4369728B.4080900@wapda.com>, ekron@wapda.com says...
> > This is what an anti-virus program will do if you choose to rename
> > the file to keep it for observation purposes
>
> Not true, that's what SOME Av products will do if you rename the file.
> We have our AV software set to scan EVERY file on access,

Overkill, and time wasteful.

> except the
> database and exchange store files (as defined by MS and the Av
> provider), but if you were to rename myvirus.exe to myvirus.txt, it
> would still be detected as a virus.
>
> Good settings for any AV product would be to scan all files accessed.

God forbid.

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