Bitdefender doesn't seem to do anything but update

[Julian Field]

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Steve Campbell wrote:

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Matt Kettler" <mkettler at EVI-INC.COM>
>To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
>Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 12:45 PM
>Subject: Re: Bitdefender doesn't seem to do anything but update
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>>At 12:19 PM 12/30/2004, Steve Campbell wrote:
>>
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>>>I have bitdefender installed with a relatively new version of MS. I get
>>>nothing except update.virus.scanner messages in my logs concerning
>>>bitdefender. It never seems to find anything. MailWatch shows nothing
>>>
>>>
>also.I
>
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>>>have looked through MAQ/FAQ and everything else I can think of with no
>>>results to help. A tip would be most appreciated. An answer would even be
>>>better.
>>>
>>>I have done a 'which bdc' to make sure my virus.scanner.conf file is
>>>pointing properly (/usr ) and I have sent test viruses to my account to
>>>
>>>
>see
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>>>if it will catch anything. Only ClamAV ever catches anything.
>>>
>>>I don't have a clue why bitdefender is idle. Does anyone have a clue?
>>>
>>>
>>In MailScanner.conf, does the "Virus Scanners" setting contain
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>bitdefender?
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>Matt,
>
>This seems so obvious, I almost refused to reply. But of course, the obvious
>is usually what bites you.
>
>At some time, bitdefender got removed from my conf file. It was so simple, I
>just couldn't look there to begin with. I don't know when I removed it,
>though. I do know the update script caused me a little problem, so maybe it
>was then.
>
>Thanks, Matt, for making me blush. I deserve it.
>
>
This is a fine example of the situation that is why I wrote
update_virus_scanners so that it updates all the virus scanners it finds
installed, and not just the ones you are using in your MailScanner.conf
setting. You can now add bitdefender back to the MailScanner.conf file,
safe in the knowledge that it is already up to date with its virus
signatures.

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