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ZIPs putting the zap on antivirus products
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“E-mail users who were slow to update their antivirus software last week may have been surprised to receive a flood of e-mail messages containing ZIP files from long lost acquaintances, business partners and complete strangers.
The e-mail was sent by the recent Mydoom e-mail worm. The ZIP attachments were evidence of what antivirus experts say is a new trend in virus writing circles: using compressed ZIP files to hide viruses and elude detection by antivirus engines.”