Mailscanner 4.05-3 and virus infection

[Julian Field]

Just an update for the benefit of the list.
This problem is apparently resolved now (I just don't quite know how :-)

At 13:47 15/11/2002, you wrote:
>                 Hello,
>i had pb with my mailscanner config (4.05-3)
>When i test with virus file, the mail log file said:
>Nov 15 14:26:33 limdns-new MailScanner[13585]:
>/usr/local/MailScanner-4.05-3/var/incoming/13585/gAFDQQAl014953/test.zip/URFRIEND.SCR
>Found virus or variant W32/Yaha !!!
>
>Nov 15 14:26:33 limdns-new MailScanner[13585]:
>/usr/local/MailScanner-4.05-3/var/incoming/13585/gAFDQQAl014953/test.zip/VALUE.EXE
>Found virus or variant W32/Klez !!!
>
>Nov 15 14:26:33 limdns-new MailScanner[13585]: Virus Scanning: mcafee
>found 8 infections
>Nov 15 14:26:33 limdns-new MailScanner[13585]: Virus Scanning: Found 8 viruses
>Nov 15 14:26:33 limdns-new MailScanner[13585]: Uninfected: Delivered 1
>messages
>Nov 15 14:26:33 limdns-new MailScanner[15008]: MailScanner
>Nov 15 14:26:33 limdns-new MailScanner[15008]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
>Scanner version 4.05-3 starting...
>
>Nov 15 14:26:33 limdns-new MailScanner[15008]: Using locktype = flock
>
>8 virus are found, but the attach file was delivered with the message
>"no infection was found"
>Mcafee said viruses found and mailscanner Unifected: deliver 1 message
>
>Why mailscanner does not put infected file in quarantine directory ?
>
>I had another mailscanner 2.60 version and it works fine with this zip
>infected file

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