ZIP files seems not to be scanned (mydoom)

[Ugo Bellavance]

-----Message d'origine-----
De : Danny Zak [mailto:dannyz at belgonet.com]
Envoyé : Sunday, February 01, 2004 4:53 PM
À : MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Objet : Re: ZIP files seems not to be scanned (mydoom)


best;

indeed .. i did change

Virus Scanners = none

to

Virus Scanners = f-prot

and it is working :)

thanks .. i did assume that the reportign was enough 
[Ugo Bellavance] 
That was only the update script reporting, not mailscanner's.
 
hth
 
Ugo
 
 .. but it wasn't thanks !





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Sunday, February 1, 2004, 10:37:38 PM, you wrote:

JF> At 21:19 01/02/2004, you wrote:
>>Hello Ugo,
>>
>>thanks for your reponse; as also to kevin and robert...
>>
>>i use fprot antivirus with it; although its strange that it is't 
>>configured in my mailscanner config file ..
>>
>>i assume it is working although; since i notice this in my maillog

JF> No, that log section means exactly what it says. It has found it installed
JF> and is keeping it up to date for you. Unless you mention it in 
JF> MailScanner.conf it won't be using it.


>>Feb 1 10:51:07 ns MailScanner[24262]: New Batch: Scanning 1 messages,
>>1076 bytes
>>Feb 1 10:51:07 ns MailScanner[24262]: Spam Checks: Starting
>>Feb 1 10:51:12 ns update.virus.scanners: Found f-prot installed
>>Feb 1 10:51:12 ns update.virus.scanners: Updating f-prot
>>Feb 1 10:51:12 ns MailScanner[24262]: Virus and Content Scanning: Starting
>>Feb 1 10:51:12 ns MailScanner[24262]: Uninfected: Delivered 1 messages
>>
>>
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>>Best regards,
>> Danny mailto:dannyz at belgonet.com
>>
>>belGOnet.com a Euro-pictures division - internet solutions
>>place princesse elisabeth 9/11 - 1030 Brussels - Belgium
>>Tel : +32-(0)2-215.67.65 - Fax : +32-(0)2-215.66.65
>>
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>>Sunday, February 1, 2004, 7:04:26 PM, you wrote:
>>
>>UB> -----Message d'origine-----
>>UB> De : Danny Zak [mailto:dannyz at belgonet.com]
>>UB> Envoyé : Sunday, February 01, 2004 12:00 PM
>>UB> À : MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>>UB> Objet : ZIP files seems not to be scanned (mydoom)
>>
>>
>>UB> Hello MAILSCANNER list;
>>
>>UB> it seems that my mailscanner isn't scanning zip attaches for virusses.
>>UB> [Ugo Bellavance]
>>UB> It is the job of your anti-virus, not mailscanner's
>>
>>UB> it does filter out the mydoom virus by files that are standardly
>>attached although.
>>
>>
>>
>> 

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