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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: whocares on October 21, 2004, 03:40:50 PM

Title: Avast vulnerable to "globalHeader"-manipulated ZIP
Post by: whocares on October 21, 2004, 03:40:50 PM
Hi,

see
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=153&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.heise.de/security/news/meldung/52286 (German)
Heise (http://www.heise.de/security/dienste/emailcheck/demos/go.shtml?kategorie=virendummies)
--> the last 2 links are for the manipulated ZIPs


File:   eicar_g0.zip  
Avast: No viruses found

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malware in ZIPs with manipulated LOCAL header are detected, though:

 File:   eicar_l0.zip  
Avast:  
EICAR Test-NOT!!

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EDIT: ok, months-old news -> I linked this in the existing topic:
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=7964

 ;)