Zipped Virus: Can it Cause Damage?

[karling07]

Hi everyone:

I was using limewire, and I downloaded an 851.7KB file (a well known virus size) accidentally! The file was zipped, so when it finished downloading I realized it was bad an deleted it.

So my question: if the file is zipped, can it cause damage if I never opened the zip file OR ran what's inside it?

Thanks

 

[Ð88]

I doubt it, the file wouldn't extract itself if it was still zipped and unopened.

 

[karling07]

Ok thank god... lol

 

[Ð88]

but hey it could never hurt to do a virus scan just to be safe

 

[borat_sagdiyev]

scan the zip file and your computer

 

[joe pic]

yup, scan the file just to be safe, but it isn't extracted, so you should fine. thats what i hate about downloading from p2p, i never download anymore.. you have to watch the file sizes whenever downloading

 

[badninja3]

well its pretty easy to spot out viruses on limewire. whenever theres 2 or more files of the same size, i dont download it.

 

[joxley1990]

Two or more lol, theres about 200 the same when I search for them, I dont get why people share them though..wierd.

Use panda online scan (google it) - if theres anything at all on your system it will find it, it finds things your antivirus + spyware scanners wont.

 

[PerfectSK]

i dunno... i'd just run a full virus scan. even tho u deleted it its still on your comp somewhere.

 

[-Paul-]

whenever i i download things, even if they are zipped, Norton pops up and says this is a virus, and they deleted it, (it does all of these amazing things while only using 99% of my CPU power WOW!)