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Offline igor

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Re: Avast Free + EICAR testfile
« Reply #15 on: March 09, 2012, 11:59:10 AM »
OK. It's the Explorer extracting the ZIP content into a temporary folder (most likely at the moment when the download is finished and you "open" the archive) - and that extraction is being scanned by the FileSystem Shield.

Anyway, WebShield doesn't scan HTTPS connections, so these detections are kind of side-effects of something else (such as someone actually extracting the archive).

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Re: Avast Free + EICAR testfile
« Reply #16 on: March 09, 2012, 12:04:07 PM »
OK. It's the Explorer extracting the ZIP content into a temporary folder (most likely at the moment when the download is finished and you "open" the archive) - and that extraction is being scanned by the FileSystem Shield.

Anyway, WebShield doesn't scan HTTPS connections, so these detections are kind of side-effects of something else (such as someone actually extracting the archive).

Oh , when i open the zip folder , there is a MS-DOS application in it , called eicar , if i right click the eicar application , i only see , open , copy , cut , remove , and properties , i click open then the popup comes.

That's all good ?

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Re: Avast Free + EICAR testfile
« Reply #17 on: March 09, 2012, 12:06:09 PM »
Yes, that's as expected - "open" means "execute" - so it's the basic scan performed when a program is starting.

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Re: Avast Free + EICAR testfile
« Reply #18 on: March 09, 2012, 12:39:42 PM »
ok i guess all is good then , that a ssl zip file with a ms dos application in it is detected.

ok thanks !