Not disinfecting detected viruses found by clamav!

Ivan Mirisola ivan at NUCCI.COM.BR
Mon Feb 3 16:07:22 GMT 2003


Daniel,

I use clamav just to inform that the message was infected. Clamav is 
currently not able to perform desinfection, as far as I know...

Best regards,
---
Ivan Mirisola
Nucci Systems
São Paulo, Brasil

Daniel Bowen wrote:

>Hello,
>     I'm seeing the following message in the mail.log:
>
>Jan 31 17:37:43 mail MailScanner[704]: New Batch: Scanning 1 messages, 1186 bytes
>Jan 31 17:37:43 mail MailScanner[704]: Virus and Content Scanning: Starting
>Jan 31 17:37:43 mail MailScanner[704]: /private/var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/704/./h0VMbdeN001832/test1: ClamAV-Test-Signature FOUND
>Jan 31 17:37:43 mail MailScanner[704]: Virus Scanning: clamav found 1 infections
>Jan 31 17:37:43 mail MailScanner[704]: Virus Scanning: Found 1 viruses
>Jan 31 17:37:43 mail MailScanner[704]: Uninfected: Delivered 1 messages
>
>yet the message arrive at it's destination, complete with "cleaned" signature, and the original virus containing attachment, as follows:
>
> --
> This message has been scanned for viruses and
> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
> believed to be clean.
> Mailscanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.
>
> [clamAV test signature was here, but deleted for posting to the list]
>
>Does anyone have any hints as to how to get the thing to disinfect???
>
>Thanks,
>Dan Bowen
>Oak Ridge Schools
>Oak Ridge, TN, USA
>  
>




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