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

From: Ken Elliott (kelliott11@cfl.rr.com)
Date: Tue Jun 16 2009 - 17:59:43 EDT


This is the third time I've received the message from Joe. Are others
seeing this?

Ken Elliott
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-----Original Message-----
From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of Joe Brandt
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 5:16 PM
To: slug@nks.net
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Antivirus and Email Encryption - both Linux and... that
other OS

>
> 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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