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- 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/
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- Date: 22 Dec 92 18:40:09 GMT
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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
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