sweep options

Julian Field mailscanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Thu Mar 4 20:53:21 GMT 2004


At 20:44 04/03/2004, you wrote:
>What options does MailScanner use when running sweep?

     CommonOptions       => '-sc -f -all -rec -ss -archive -loopback ' .
                            '--no-follow-symlinks --no-reset-atime -TNEF',
     DisinfectOptions    => '-di',
     ScanOptions         => '',


>  I am trying to
>verify that we are protected from the Bagle virus and I get the
>following error when running sweep

Please ensure you install Sophos using my Sophos.install script as
instructed in the docs, and not Sophos's own installation script.


>[root at www:/var/spool/MailScanner/quarantine/20040304/i24HvEX08731]#
>/usr/local/Sophos/bin/sweep -sc -f -all -rec  ss -archive -loopback
>*
>SWEEP virus detection utility
>Version 3.79, March 2004 [Linux/Intel]
>Includes detection for 88247 viruses, trojans and worms
>Copyright (c) 1989,2004 Sophos Plc, www.sophos.com
>
>System time 03:41:52 PM, System date 04 March 2004
>Command line qualifiers are: -sc -f -all -rec -archive -loopback
>
>Full Sweeping
>
>Password protected file Readme.zip/xvyeuqpex.exe
>
>2 files swept in 6 seconds.
>1 error was encountered.
>No viruses were discovered.
>1 encrypted file was not checked.
>End of Sweep.

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