An Av doesnt prevent anything when online, a suitable firewall does

"mazorj" <mazorj@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> "DL" <notvalid@spoofaddress.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> You are not exposing yourself to anything within a zip or exe unless you
>> run it.
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> I was talking about being online if you shut down your security programs
> in order to do the download as Bob suggested. It only takes a minute or
> two of being online without security to get zapped. Any security program
> that makes you shut down your online protections in order to to download a
> zip or executable is fatally flawed.
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> Ideally you would locate and turn off only the security feature that wants
> to rename downloaded zip/executable files. Then do the download of the
> zip or executable to its proper filename and extension (type). Turn the
> "renaming protection" feature back on if you want. Now click on the zip
> or executable file to run it.
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> While your statement is correct, if the file is malware, you don't want to
> be executing it while your security is turned off, which could happen if
> you disabled security to do the download and forgot to reactivate it
> before running the zip/executable.
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>> "mazorj" <mazorj@verizon.net> wrote in message
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>>> "Bob" <nowhere@nowhere/net> wrote in message
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>>>> You can prevent EFW files from being created by temporarily disabling
>>>> your antivirus software when downloading legitimate zipped or
>>>> executable files.
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>>> It would be better if that feature of the AV software could be disabled
>>> from within it. I would check for that before going unprotected on the
>>> Internet even for a few minutes. If it can't be disabled, maybe it's
>>> time to shop for a new AV program. Otherwise, you're going to be
>>> exposing yourself every time to want to download a zip or executable
>>> file.
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>>>> mdw wrote:
>>>>> I downloaded a software file and my security software changed the file
>>>>> type from *.exe to *.efw. I need to rename the file to an exe file
>>>>> but have not been able to do so. If I right-click on the file and
>>>>> click rename, I can change the name by adding .exe but the file type
>>>>> does not change. Am looking for suggestions. I am using a new
>>>>> computer running Vista with sp1.
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