Virus's hiding inside .RAR files

[Jer30]

Just read that virus writers have now started using .RAR files to infect computers. Can Nod32 scan inside .RAR files and if not, is ESET developing this capability? Article can be found here http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1756636,00.asp

[rumpstah]

Hi Jer30:

This is taken from http://www.nod32.com/products/nt.htm

Section
NOD32 Scanning Engine Key Features

Support of many archive formats, e.g. ZIP, RAR, ARJ, LZH, LHA, CAB, CHM, TAR, GZIP.

[Jer30]

Thanks for the info. It's good to know that were protected. Thanks to ESET for keeping one step ahead.

[webyourbusiness]

hiding infections inside of compressed archives isn't new - I wrote an article on it 22 years ago back when I was an intern for a Commodore Amiga magazine in England... nothing new at all!

[NOD32 user]

{QUOTE-> There are only 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary and those who don't... <-QUOTE}
Exactly - 10 types.

[rumpstah]

;) :D ;D

{QUOTE-> Exactly - 10 types. <-QUOTE}