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Thread ID: 86994 2008-02-04 02:32:00 Virus Scanning PC World DVD's Anncol (6275) Press F1
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637272 2008-02-04 02:32:00 Using Avast antivirus Home Edition, their "quick scan" of the DVD's shows they are clean. However I scanned the December '07/ January '08 disk with the "thorough scan" setting and it flagged 6 items as "unable to scan". 4 items quoted "the file is a decompression bomb", and 2 items as either "file is corrupted", or "archive is corrupted".
Q 1. What is a decompression bomb?
Q 2. What threat do these 6 items pose?
Q 3. Is it safe to open any of these 6 flagged items?
Anncol (6275)
637273 2008-02-04 02:44:00 This is what a decompression bomb is (forum.avast.com)

I get the other 2 messages sometimes too.

I wouldnt worry about it. If it installs and runs, its fine.
Speedy Gonzales (78)
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