Fwd: Re: Re: Norman (nvcc) does not scan

Martin Wozenilek mail at wozenilek.de
Tue Dec 28 19:15:14 GMT 2004


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      Betreff: Re: Re: Norman (nvcc) does not scan
      Von:  Martin Wozenilek <mail at wozenilek.de>
      An: Julian Field<mailscanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk>
      Datum: 28-12-2004 20:12


      Arrgh ... sorry ... i've played with the wrapper and inserted
      options to be
      quiet and not log anything. When i change this the wrapper
      gives me (invoked
      with /usr/lib/MailScanner/norman-wrapper /usr/bin -c -sb:1 -s
      -u .):

      -----------------------------------------------
      Norman Virus Control Version 5.70.01 Jun 15 2004 10:37:11
      Copyrightt (c) 1993-2003 Norman ASA

      NSE revision 5.70.26
      nvcbin.def revision 5.70 of 2004/12/23 (60256 variants)
      nvcmacro.def revision 5.70 of 2004/12/22 (10060 variants)
      Total number of variants: 70316

      Logging to '/opt/norman/logs/nvc00004.log'
      Possible virus in './eicar.com' ->
      'EICAR_Test_file_not_a_virus!'


      Possible virus in '/root/./eicar_com.zip : eicar.com' ->
      'EICAR_Test_file_not_a_virus!'
      Possible virus in '/root/./eicarcom2.zip : eicar_com.zip :
      eicar.com' ->
      'EICAR_Test_file_not_a_virus!'

      | ./.cpan/sources/authors/id/S/SA/SAMPO/


      * Cannot open:
      /root/./.cpan/sources/authors/id/S/SA/SAMPO/Net_SSLeay.pm-1.25.tar.gz
      :
      Net_SSLeay.pm-1.25 .tar : Net_SSLeay.pm-1.25/RECIPE.Win32
      No message



      3 possible infections found.
      14 archives unpacked, 346 files found.
      346 files, 8185 kbytes scanned.
      Could not open 1 archives.

      Total scanning time: 0 min. 39 secs.
      209 kbytes per second.
      -----------------------------------------------

      So, the wrapper works ...

      When I check with a eicar-filee the maillog tells me:

      -----------------------------------------------
      Dec 28 20:09:30 mailgw01 MailScanner[12263]: Message
      6BC222FA1A from
      193.99.144.71 (emailcheck-robot at ct.heise.de) to wozenilek.de
      is not spam,
      SpamAssassin (score=-4.9, required 5, autolearn=not spam,
      BAYES_00 -4.90)
      Dec 28 20:09:31 mailgw01 MailScanner[12263]: Virus and
      Content Scanning:
      Starting
      Dec 28 20:09:33 mailgw01 MailScanner[12263]:
      /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/12263/./6BC222FA1A/eicar.com:
      Eicar-Test-Signature FOUND
      Dec 28 20:09:33 mailgw01 MailScanner[12263]: Virus Scanning:
      ClamAV found 1
      infections
      Dec 28 20:09:36 mailgw01 MailScanner[12263]:
      /6BC222FA1A/eicar.com
      Found: EICAR test file NOT a virus.
      Dec 28 20:09:36 mailgw01 MailScanner[12263]: Virus Scanning:
      McAfee found 1
      infections
      Dec 28 20:09:37 mailgw01 MailScanner[12263]: ALERT:
      [Eicar-Test-Signature
      virus] ./6BC222FA1A/eicar.com <<< Contains code of the
      Eicar-Test-Signature
      virus
      Dec 28 20:09:37 mailgw01 MailScanner[12263]: Virus Scanning:
      AntiVir found 1
      infections
      Dec 28 20:09:37 mailgw01 MailScanner[12263]:
      /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/12263/6BC222FA1A/eicar.com
      Infection:
      EICAR_Test_File
      Dec 28 20:09:37 mailgw01 MailScanner[12263]: Virus Scanning:
      F-Prot found
      virus EICAR_Test_File
      Dec 28 20:09:37 mailgw01 MailScanner[12263]: Virus Scanning:
      F-Prot found 1
      infections
      Dec 28 20:09:39 mailgw01 MailScanner[12263]:
      /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/12263/./6BC222FA1A/eicar.com^Iinfected:
      EICAR-Test-File (not a virus)
      Dec 28 20:09:39 mailgw01 MailScanner[12263]: Virus Scanning:
      Bitdefender
      found 1 infections
      Dec 28 20:09:43 mailgw01 MailScanner[12263]: Scan started at
      Tue 28 Dec 2004
      08:09:43 PM CET
      Dec 28 20:09:43 mailgw01 MailScanner[12263]: Database
      version: 2004-12-28_02

      Dec 28 20:09:44 mailgw01 MailScanner[12263]:
      ./6BC222FA1A/eicar.com:
      Infected: EICAR_Test_File [Libra]
      Dec 28 20:09:44 mailgw01 MailScanner[12263]: Virus Scanning:
      F-Secure found
      virus EICAR_Test_File
      Dec 28 20:09:44 mailgw01 MailScanner[12263]:
      ./6BC222FA1A/eicar.com:
      Infected: EICAR Test File [Orion]
      Dec 28 20:09:44 mailgw01 MailScanner[12263]: Virus Scanning:
      F-Secure found
      virus EICAR Test File
      Dec 28 20:09:44 mailgw01 MailScanner[12263]:
      ./6BC222FA1A/eicar.com:
      Infected: EICAR-Test-File [AVP]
      Dec 28 20:09:44 mailgw01 MailScanner[12263]: Virus Scanning:
      F-Secure found
      virus EICAR-Test-File
      Dec 28 20:09:44 mailgw01 MailScanner[12263]: Scan ended at
      Tue 28 Dec 2004
      08:09:43 PM CET
      Dec 28 20:09:44 mailgw01 MailScanner[12263]: 3 files scanned
      Dec 28 20:09:44 mailgw01 MailScanner[12263]: 1 file infected
      Dec 28 20:09:44 mailgw01 MailScanner[12263]: Virus Scanning:
      F-Secure found
      1 infections
      Dec 28 20:09:44 mailgw01 MailScanner[12263]: Infected message
      6BC222FA1A
      came from 193.99.144.71
      Dec 28 20:09:44 mailgw01 MailScanner[12263]: Virus Scanning:
      Found 1 viruses

      Dec 28 20:09:44 mailgw01 MailScanner[12263]: Filename Checks:
      Windows/DOS
      Executable (6BC222FA1A eicar.com)
      Dec 28 20:09:44 mailgw01 MailScanner[12263]: Other Checks:
      Found 1 problems
      -----------------------------------------------

      And there is a NormanBusy.lock in /tmp. But no log under
      /opt/normaan/logs/.

      Maybe MailScanner does not handle the nvcc return code?


      --
      Martin Wozenilek
      Am Langberg 91a
      21033 Hamburg
      mailto: mail at wozenilek.de
      PGP-Key-ID: 0x00105C52

      ----- Originalnachricht -----
      Betreff: Re: Norman (nvcc) does not scan
      Von: Julian Field <mailscanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk>
      An: Martin Wozenilek&lt;mail at wozenilek.de&gt;;MailScanner
      mailing
      list&lt;MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK&gt;
      Datum: 28-12-2004 19:39


      > What happens when you do
      > /usr/bin/nvcc -c -sb: 1 -s -u .
      >
      > Martin Wozenilek wrote:
      >
      > > On my system nvcc is in /usr/bin. So I've changed your
      example. Now to
      > > your question: the command line gives n o output. The
      norman log is not
      > > created ...
      > >
      > > --
      > > Martin Wozenilek
      > > Am Langberg 91a
      > > 21033 Hamburg
      > > mailto: mail at wozenilek.de <mailto:mail at wozenilek.de>
      > > PGP-Key-ID: 0x00105C52
      > >
      > >
      > > ----- Originalnachricht -----
      > > *Betreff: *Re: Norman (nvcc) does not scan
      > > *Von: *Julian Field <mailscanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK>
      > > *An: *<MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
      > > *Datum: *28-12-2004 19:27
      > >
      > >
      > > What does
      > > cd /tmp
      > > /usr/lib/MailScanner/norman-wrapper /usr/sbin -c -sb: 1
      -s -u .
      > > produce? (Don't forget the '.' on the end of the command)
      > >
      > >
      > > Martin Wozenilek wrote:> >
      > > > Yes, exactly the same on my site ... I'm not a
      programmer ... but
      > > > maybe I can find something in the perl code.
      > > > Does anyone else have this problem? Maybe this is
      FedoraCore2
      > > specific?
      > > >
      > > > Regards,
      > > >
      > > > --
      > > > Martin Wozenilek
      > > > Am Langberg 91a
      > > > 21033 Hamburg
      > > > mailto: mail at wozenilek.de <mailtoo:mail at wozenilek.de>
      > > <mailto:mail at wozenilek.de>
      > > > PGP-Key-ID: 0x00105C52
      > > >
      > > >
      > > > ----- Originalnachricht -----
      > > > *Betreff: *Re: Norman (nvcc) does not scan
      > > > *Von: *John Lee <john at PUREMESSAGE.CO.UK>
      > > > *An: *<MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
      > > > *Datum: *28-12-2004 17:42
      > > >
      > > >
      > > > On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 22:34:00 +0000, Martin Wozenilek
      > > > <mail at WOZENILEK.DE> wrote:
      > > >
      > > > >Hi!
      > > > >
      > > > >I'm using mailscanner-4.36.4-1 and nvc-5.70.04-0. When
      i avtivate
      > > > the norman
      > > > >scanner in the config file the eicar testfile is
      detectet by all
      > > > my virus
      > > > >scanners, but not by nvcc. The wrapper works perfect
      .... mmmh
      ....
      > > > >
      > > > >Any ideas? Thanks!
      > > > >
      > > > >Martin
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      > > > Hi Martin,
      > > >
      > > > I'm using mailscanner-4.36.4-1 and nvc-5.70.04-0 on
      Fedora Core2
      > > > and again
      > > > NVCC fails to be called from the norman-wrapper.
      > > > My other scanners F-prot,Bitdefender...all pick-up the
      Eicar test
      > > > -yet no
      > > > sign of Norman scanner being called when examing the
      sys
      > > > (mail)/norman logs.
      > > >
      > > > Both NVCC and norman-wrapper work fine from the command
      shell.
      > > >
      > > > I've created a new norman-wrapper to simply write some
      text to a
      > > > file - no
      > > > jo y,so I'm guessing it is an issue with mailscanner
      itself.
      > > >
      > > > I'll keep investigating.
      > > >
      > > > Regards
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