Description: A vulnerability has been reported in various F-Secure products, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the scanning of certain archives and packed executables (e.g. FSG packed files, ARJ archives), which can be exploited to cause an infinite loop.
Do you have this product installed on your home computer? Scan using the free Personal Software Inspector. Check if a vulnerable version is installed on computers in your corporate network, scan using the Network Software Inspector.
Solution: Fixed automatically in database updates.
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