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Any good virus checker (Notron et al) will pick up virus within a zip
file...in fact the virus checking can be scannd upto 3 levels of
compression...and so if you use good virus checker then you will be
safe...
Safest bet would be unplug your modem line....
anil
--- In Metastockusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, JayTownsend@xxxx wrote:
> Hi Roy:
>
> It is that I'm just very skeptical when it comes to downloading ZIP
files,
> even from a group site. I belong to other Yahoo groups where there
have been
> ZIP files uploaded with viruses. What bothered me about this one
is that
> when I entered the URL for the file, I wasn't taken to the URL but
was given
> a choice by Windows downloader to either download, open or cancel
some file.
> There was never an opportunity to look at the file or to allow a
virus scan.
> Before downloading I would much rather see a Readme file or other
file about
> what the ZIP file does and also be able to do a virus scan to do
it. It's
> not a problem, I just won't download it.
>
> Jay
>
> Roy wrote:
>
> Jay
>
> Perhaps I should have chosen to advise that the text file with
installation
> instructions, including zip file contents, had been uploaded.
Ticking the
> box to advise group members that the kit had been uploaded
(relacing an
> older version that was removed several days ago) was done as a
courtesy to
> the group and in no way intended to pose a threat to your internet
usage.
> The offending file has been removed.
>
> Roy
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