[Psi-devel] Opening downloaded files in a safe way

[Maciek Niedzielski]

James Chaldecott wrote:
> That said, I read the MSDN docs as saying that Save/Execute themselves
> don't
> delete the file, but they do invoke the system virus scanner, which might.
> That implies that files will only be deleted if a) the user's anti-virus
> app thinks they are a virus and b) the user has set the anti-virus app to
> "delete immediately" (or similar).
> 
> Do people generally run their systems like that? The default is usually
> "Quarantine", isn't it?

I don't think my virus scanner is set up to automatically delete every
exe file that is checked ;) And this is what happens.

I think it works this way:
1. If Windows itself thinks that the file is too dangerous, it is deleted.
2. Else it is passed to virus scanners which may block it (or delete it,
too)
3. Else it is executed / accepted to stay.


I will check what happens if the file is read-only, etc.

BTW: I think there is at least one person who was so proud of having
universal MSDN subscribtion, so maybe this is a good time to use it? :)

-- 
Maciek
 xmpp:machekku at uaznia.net

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