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Syntax42
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Firewall not blocking EICAR test virus
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Thursday 02 May 2013, 11:44:53 pm »
Using HTTP to visit the test virus page on EICAR.org worked fine. However, the firewall failed to block the test virus when I attached it to an outgoing email and when I used a chat program to pass the test virus to another user. Neither should have been encrypted, so I don't understand why the firewall isn't inspecting packets for viruses. Is that beyond the average ability of firewalls? Is it something that can be fixed with proper configuration?
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Saturday 04 May 2013, 12:42:49 am »
What kind of chat? Maybe the chat is encrypted so it's invisible to firewall.
About the mail, i never used but in POP there is a virus scanner option.
Are you sure it is enabled?
On SMTP maybe it doens't have the option.
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Monday 06 May 2013, 11:59:58 pm »
The program used is Spark which connects to an OpenFire server inside my network. I was testing in a manner which passed the traffic through the firewall. Spark uses XMPP and is not encrypted for file transfers. I don't know if XMPP is used for the actual transfer. My guess is FTP is the protocol it uses.
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