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Re: Adobe PDF files can be used as virus carriers
From: Brett Glass <brett () lariat org>
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 22:23:17 -0600
At 09:44 AM 8/7/2001, Richard M. Smith wrote:
Hello, This is an interesting development. Zulu, a virus writer from South America, appears to have discovered that Adobe PDF files can be used to carry computer viruses.
Richard (and everyone): What this means is that virus scanners will now need to "reach inside" PDFs to scan encapsulated files. But what -- as I'm sure our Russian friend Dmitri would ask -- if the PDF is encrypted? Wouldn't the virus checker have to defeat the encryption to see the encapsulated file? And would it be an illegal "circumvention" mechanism if it did? --Brett Glass
Current thread:
- Adobe PDF files can be used as virus carriers Richard M. Smith (Aug 07)
- Re: Adobe PDF files can be used as virus carriers Nick FitzGerald (Aug 07)
- Re: Adobe PDF files can be used as virus carriers Brett Glass (Aug 08)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Adobe PDF files can be used as virus carriers Lars Hecking (Aug 09)