Problem with latest beta: stops scanning!

Julian Field mailscanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Sat Nov 8 22:34:55 GMT 2003


I tested it originally myself with EICAR and it detected all of them just fine.
You aren't using an old -wrapper with a newer MailScanner are you? I
changed the command-line spec of the -wrapper scripts a couple of versions ago.

Can you give me your bitdefender modifications please to get everyone up to
the latest release of bitdefender?

At 21:26 08/11/2003, you wrote:
>Hi everyone
>
>I've just experienced a panic problem.
>
>I wanted to test the disarm action (very good idea) so I installed and
>compiled on my Red Hat 9 box the latest beta.
>
>On this box I'm running the stable relase with no problem and I use the
>following virus scanners:
>
>bitdefender7 f-prot clamav
>
>In this exact order (bitdefender7 is a self modified bitdefender script
>to ensure compatibility with le latest bitdefender release, it works
>fine in the stable release)
>
>After I installed the 4.25.6 everything seemed fine, so I tried to mail
>me an OpaServ virus that I always keep on hand for testing purposes.
>
>Well, it passed and I was very surprised of that.
>
>I double checked the virus scanner conf file and it was OK so were the
>wrappers files.
>
>I took a look at the mailog and discovered that MailScanner reported
>the following:
>
>starting content checking
>not infected
>
>Well it really didn't seem to take care of the scanners output.
>
>I sow the bitdefender.lock f-prot.lok and clamav.lock in my temp dir,
>but MailSacanner seamed to ingore the scanners output.
>
>I tried to scan the Opaserv file and some EICAR signatures with the
>line tools of every scanner and they all ewere functioning properly, so
>I had to go bach to 4.24.5.
>
>Is someone else having the same experience?
>
>Thanks to all
>
>Alessandro Bianchi

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