Mailscanner marking DOS Attack on 2 different servers

[Randal, Phil]

MailScanner mailing list wrote:
> Bah, I type slow.
>
> Thanks.
>
> I'll contact Mcafee.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list
> [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Randal, Phil
> Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 10:23 AM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: Mailscanner marking DOS Attack on 2 different servers
>
>
> MailScanner mailing list wrote:
>>> I have two different servers that just started developing problems
>>> with mailscanner marking all inbound and outbound email a denial of
>>> service attack.
>>>
>>> I've been searching the archives trying to figure out what could be
>>> wrong, but can't really find anything. It seems that maybe it's
>>> caused by a timeout on dns, but nothing has changed on these two
>>> servers in many weeks.
>>>
>>> Where else could I start troubleshooting this?
>>
>> It may be that your virus scanner has packed up.
>
> Good call!  If you're using a version of McAfee's uvscan
> which uses scan engine 4.1.60 you'll be in trouble with this
> week's DAT files (4367) and later.
>
> Solution is to update to the latest uvscan.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Phil
>
> ----
> Phil Randal
> Network Engineer
> Herefordshire Council
> Hereford, UK
>
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Cheers,

Phil

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Phil Randal
Network Engineer
Herefordshire Council
Hereford, UK

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