posted 17 years ago
I think safety is the issue. Let's be more generic in the discussion. What if I, as a company, allow .zip files, and someone downloads a file from my site, posted by another user, unzips it, and it (figuratively) blows up his machine. He'll be angry with me and my company, even if I do have usage terms that include "download files at your own risk." I want to avoid that. So, what are my options?
Not all potential users of forum software are savvy enough to know not to follow those sorts of instructions, e.g. download a .jpg file and rename it to .exe.
I posted elsewhere asking if anyone has put a virus scanner into the middle of the file upload process, and if so, how?
Thanks,
J.
[originally posted on jforum.net by jenamon]