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Re:Copies of malware used by intelligence agencies to spy on... by cbhl on Monday September 15, 2014 @02:37AM (#8317552)
Hmm, I'm not sure if that's Gmail detecting an infected file. I'm pretty sure Gmail just blocks .exe and .bat files altogether (even in .zip archives).

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/6590?hl=en

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Re:Copies of malware used by intelligence agencies to spy on... by kissickas on Monday September 15, 2014 @02:43AM (#8317563)
The file in question was a PDF - can it detect that?
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