On Dec 28 23:44, 1997, Kurt Wismer of 1:259/423 wrote:
KW> well what *I* think is that compressed files have little to do with
KW> viral detection, and that av developers who include the capability to
KW> scan within compressed files are wasting space providing decompression
KW> routines when we already have the programs (or should) to decompress the
KW> files ourselves (if we don't, how do we make use of the file we just
KW> downloaded?)...
_We_ are not (all) "average users".  And you don't need a decompression 
program for self-extracting archives.  Indeed, the "average user" wouldn't 
necessarily know that THISPROG.EXE was a self-extracting archive as opposed 
to a "real" executable, so an AV that can process it properly has a place in 
the world.
Rick
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