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

From: Joe Brandt (vzd1s11k@verizon.net)
Date: Mon Jun 15 2009 - 17:15:57 EDT


>
> 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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