Re: virus got past mcafee viruscan 8.7

[Phil Bieber <philbieber () gmail com>]

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 18:00, Michael Graham <jmgraham () gmail com> wrote:
> That should read "isn't capable of stopping anything but the most
> common or basic"
>
> Too early in the morning for email here.
>
> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Michael Graham <jmgraham () gmail com> wrote:
> > Unfortunately, anti-virus isn't capable of stopping the most common or
> > basic of malware.  Simply moving the hostile payload beyond the first
> > hundred bytes or so of an executable is enough to prevent most AV
> > software from detecting/alerting.  Beyond that, the number of
> > third-party applications with serious vulnerabilities (Acrobat seems
> > to be this year's problem) means that relying on anti-virus to prevent
> > malware infection is likely to result in an unpleasant surprise.
<--snip-->
>

Hi again,
also check, that the anti malware and "unwanted software" options are
enabled within VSE....

Cheers
Phil Bieber
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