f-prot-autoupdate not working

[Julian Field]

Please read the earlier messages in this thread. My posting from the
weekend should tell you what is happening here.

At 04:32 28/07/2003, you wrote:
>i got this email frm cron....its not updating at all...what shld i do?
>
>***************************************
>* F-Prot signature file update script *
>***************************************
>
>There's a new version of:
>"Application/Script viruses and Trojans" signatures on the web.
>Starting to download...
>Download completed.
>The files are not identical and therefore, they will
>not be installed. This could be caused by downloading
>from a mirror which hasn't synced yet with the main
>server. (This should not happen)
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Peter Nitschke" <email at ace.net.au>
>To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
>Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 3:59 AM
>Subject: Re: f-prot-autoupdate not working
>
>
>Does this mean that f-prot isn't working at all leaving mail unscanned for
>virus infections, or just that update is now broken?
>
>Peter
>
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>On 26/07/2003 at 4:12 PM Julian Field wrote:
>
> >At 15:58 26/07/2003, you wrote:
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>Something seems wrong with the f-prot-autoupdate. All I get is
> >
> >They have screwed up the signature checksums file. The checksum for
> >SIGN.DEF has had a "x" added at the front of it. This breaks the update
> >procedure as it thinks the checksum is wrong (which it is).
> >
> >I can take 2 options:
> >1) Ignore the invalid checksum, thereby potentially installing a totally
> >broken SIGN.DEF file resulting in a complete failure of scanning
> >or
> >2) Refuse to install the downloaded SIGN.DEF file due to the bad checksum,
> >which means that the updates don't happen totally correctly until F-Prot
> >get their checksum file fixed.
> >
> >Dangerously, in my opinion, F-Prot themselves take option 1.
> >I prefer to take option 2, as it fails a lot more gently. If they can make
> >a mistake in the checksums file, they can make mistakes in the SIGN.DEF
> >file. I don't want to completely break scanning due to a vendor screw-up.
> >
> >I have submitted a tech support query raising this issue with F-Prot
> >already, hopefully they will fix it on Monday.
> >
> >>FTP address for retrieving files is ftp://us-2.updates.f-prot.com/pub/
> >>F-Prot signature file update script
> >>There is a new version of SIGN.DEF, starting download.
> >>Download completed.
> >>Could not find correct version of SIGN.DEF, exiting,
> >>
> >>
> >>Did they screw something up?
> >>
> >>Regards,
> >>   JP
> >
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>This message has been scanned for viruses and
>dangerous content by Email Virus Scanner, and is
>believed to be clean.
>
>
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>This message has been scanned for viruses and
>dangerous content by Email Virus Scanner, and is
>believed to be clean.

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