Not detecting eicar in zipped form

[Barry Andersson]

Hi,

Don't worry, I found the problem. It seems my copy of uvscan was corrupt.

Cheers

Barry Andersson

----- Original Message -----
From: "Julian Field" <mailscanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK>
To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 4:59 AM
Subject: Re: Not detecting eicar in zipped form


> At 21:52 27/12/2002, you wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I ran Gavin's script to install MailScanner on my RaQ 4 and all worked
> >great.
> >
> >I sent a eicar test virus and it detected and removed it. However when I
> >sent the same test virus in zip format it was not detected. Unzip is
> >definitely installed on the RaQ.
> >
> >I'm using McAfee Uvscan as the virus scanner.
> >
> >Any suggestions?
>
> Did the mail logs show anything interesting?
> --
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