Problem with AVG scanner after update to 4.32

[Vladimir M Costa]

   I've the same problem with AVG and post this to list some days ago.


Vladimir M Costa


> Hi There
>
> I was using MailScanner version 4.30.3-1 with AVG Antivirus and it worked
> perfectly.
>
> But after upgrading to version 4.32.5-1 (and adding BitDefender console
> edtion as second virus scanner) Mailscanner stopped stating "AVG found
> virus" in "notice mails" and also in Mailwatch.
>
> As you can see from maillog (fragment added below) AVG and Bitdefender
> correctly found EICAR virus, but in "notice mail" and MailWatch is stated,
> that only Bitdefender found virus (not any mention about AVG).
>
> --------------- maillog fragment
> ---------------------------------------------
> Aug 11 13:42:10 server MailScanner[2842]: Virus and Content Scanning:
> Starting
> Aug 11 13:42:10 server MailScanner[2842]: Commencing scanning by avg...
> Aug 11 13:42:11 server MailScanner[2842]:
> ^M^M^M^M^M^M^M^M^M^M^M^M^M^M^M^M^M^M^M^M^M^M^M^M^M^M^M^M^M^M^M^M^M^M./i7BBUF
> p02507/eicar.com  Virus identified  EICAR_Test
> Aug 11 13:42:12 server MailScanner[2842]: Completed scanning by avg
> Aug 11 13:42:12 server MailScanner[2842]: Virus Scanning: Avg found 1
> infections
> Aug 11 13:42:12 server MailScanner[2842]: Commencing scanning by
> bitdefender...
> Aug 11 13:42:14 server MailScanner[2842]:
> /home/data/mailscanner/incoming/2842/./i7BBUFp02507/eicar.com^Iinfected:
> EICAR-Test-File (not a virus)
> Aug 11 13:42:14 server MailScanner[2842]: Completed scanning by bitdefender
> Aug 11 13:42:14 server MailScanner[2842]: Virus Scanning: Bitdefender found
> 1 infections
> ----------------- end of maillog fragment
> ------------------------------------
>
> I think that problem is that in maillog I see many "^M" in AVG report
> instead of path to infected file (as in bitdefender report).
> But I can not figure out, how that "^M" could get to the log.
> Where could be problem?
> And how to correct this?
>
> With Regards
> Pavel Zichovsky (zichovsky at trul.cz)
>

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