[Mimedefang] New .zip virus?
Kevin A. McGrail
kmcgrail at pccc.com
Tue Jan 27 20:41:16 EST 2004
> It's actually the definitions a virus scanner has, rather than the
> utilities that use them, that normally matter. Someone may be using an
> older version of a commandline tool that doesn't support certain options
> but it may (assuming the tool <-> library/definitions api is stable
enough)
> be able to use the latest virus defs.
In regards to McAfee and NAV, we always recommend replacing the engine and
the defs whenever a new version is available. I don't disagree that people
might be running older engine files but doing so is a risky proposition in
our opinion.
KAM
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