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Bypassing quarantine with ADS formatted filenames


From: "Jack Cullen" <jack_cullen () hotmail com>
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 11:46:42 -0400

Is it possible to get file attachments past AV software by using alternate data stream type filenames? We have set McAfee GroupShield to quarantine all .zip files yet several people have received messages with .zip attachments that came in the following formats:

The attachment 'Informations.zip:Informations.txt'
-or-
The attachment 'sample01.zip:data.rtf .scr'

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