Zero content files
Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 6:10 pm
Due to viruses in the past I have files that have no content.
An example would be an exe with nothing but spaces in it.
The problem is that if I use name matching I run the chance of killing a good file in favor of a bad one.
I think that CRC for this type of file equate to zero.
Can you add code that will scan for this type of file only?
This way I can check them and eliminate before doing any dup clean up.
I realize that scanning content would catch some of this but I would much prefer to clean the bad files out before hand. Less chance of getting it wrong.
An example would be an exe with nothing but spaces in it.
The problem is that if I use name matching I run the chance of killing a good file in favor of a bad one.
I think that CRC for this type of file equate to zero.
Can you add code that will scan for this type of file only?
This way I can check them and eliminate before doing any dup clean up.
I realize that scanning content would catch some of this but I would much prefer to clean the bad files out before hand. Less chance of getting it wrong.