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GMail Adds Virus Protection

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the google-farts-and-people-smell dept.

AxsDeny writes "Google has rolled out virus protection for it's web based email service. Apparently they are scanning incoming and outgoing messages for infected messages. Read more on their "what's new" page."

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  1. EICAR by ditto999999999999999 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIR US-TEST-FILE!$H+H* makes it through fine.

  2. Is it going to... by scenestar · · Score: 3, Interesting

    flag mp3s and archives as unsafe by default?

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  3. Re:but what powers it? by garcia · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This in itself is not surprising -- it's a natural step that Google had to take in order to compete with the other biggies in the business.

    Of course it's not surprising. They've been blocking "bad" attachments for quite some time (and possibly since I started using it on 6/22/04).

    If they were doing that (which gets rid of most viruses and non-sense) all along, I certainly wouldn't be surprised by this.

  4. next step: gVirusFighter by altoz · · Score: 5, Interesting

    They have gmail scanning for viruses... They have google desktop indexing the files...

    Soon, they'll release a google-desktop extension that scans viruses on windows.

    google really is taking over microsoft (windows)

  5. Re:Final Straw! by davez0r · · Score: 3, Interesting

    i use yahoo to store my viruses. it's like the computer version of the nose garden. so far i have:

      - W32.Sircam.Worm@mm
      - W32.Magistr.39921@mm
      - W32.Sobig.F@mm
      - W32.Sober.F@mm
      - W32.Netsky.P@mm
      - W32.Netsky.D@mm
      - W32.Netsky.Q@mm

    anybody got some other good ones they can send me?

  6. Re:Wrong Link by alphakappa · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Why do you care? The spam 'folder' does not add to your alloted storage space. The messages do not appear in your inbox or your regular searches (unless you specifically search using in:spam), so why do you care whether there are 0 messages or a gazillion messages in the spam folder?

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