Which Virus Scanner

S Mohan smohan at vsnl.com
Thu Jan 23 00:49:42 GMT 2003


I have created a cron job to run on 28th of every month. This downloads
the latest engine and installs the same.

Have called this sophos.update with 700 root owner
<script>
#######################################################
#               Written by S Mohan                              #
#               Works in tandem with mailscanner                #
#######################################################

#!/bin/bash

#checking for residual files of previous download
[ -e linux.intel.libc6.tar.Z ] && mv linux.intel.libc6.tar.Z
linux.intel.libc6.tar.Z.old
[ -e linux.intel.libc6.tar ] && mv linux.intel.libc6.tar
linux.intel.libc6.tar.old
[ -d sav-install ] && rm -Rf sav-install

#downloading the current version
wget http://downloads.sophos.com/dp/full/linux.intel.libc6.tar.Z

#installing using mailscanner script
date > mail-msg
/usr/sbin/Sophos.install >> mail-msg

#send mail out to administrator
cat mail-msg|mail -s "Sophos Update" root
rm mail-msg
</script>

Mohan
-----Original Message-----
From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
Behalf Of Wayne
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 3:05 PM
To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Which Virus Scanner


Hi All

Rather than me testing all of the virus scanners that MailScanner
supports, I thought it would be quicker to hear your opions on which
virus scanner(s) you have found to be the easiest to install and keep
fully updated. I have tried Sophos, which works well, but updating the
virus engine is a bit of a pain.

What do you think ?


Also, are there any which are free and support by MailScanner ?


Thanks

Wayne



More information about the MailScanner mailing list