Re: [SLUG] Antivirus and Email Encryption - both Linux and... that other OS

From: Scott Grizzard (scott@scottgrizzard.com)
Date: Mon Jun 15 2009 - 20:46:01 EDT


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That is a very good point - I will post to the gpg4win and enigmail
lists. cheers.

- - Scott Grizzard
http://www.scottgrizzard.com/
scott@scottgrizzard.com

Joe Brandt wrote:
>> Iff I use Windows, and if I use gnupg encryption (or S/MIME), would the
>> anti-malware on the local computer scan the message /before/ it was
>> read, or is the anti-malware bypassed completely, leaving a giant
>> security hole no matter what OS I am using?
>>
>
> The logical place to pose that question would be the software company that
> wrote the encryption software as the anti-virus people would not even think of
> that.
>
> my 2 cents
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