New versions of F-Prot Antivirus (fwd)

[Paul Welsh]

Is anyone using the new f-prot version (4.4.1)?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Welsh" <zen23003 at zen.co.uk>
To: "MailScanner mailing list" <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: New versions of F-Prot Antivirus (fwd)


> I note that the new version of  f-prot (4.4.1) scans inside .zip files by
> default according to http://www.f-prot.com/download/ReleaseNotesLinux.txt:
>
> The default options are now as follows:
>     -archive
>         Scan inside archives
>     -dumb
>         Scan all files, regardless of content
>     -packed
>         Unpack compressed executables
>     -server
>         Identify infections within password protected archives
>
> Is there a potential performance problem here with MailScanner and F-Prot
> both scanning inside archives?  Would anyone recommend changes to
> MailScanner.conf as a result of the changes to F-Prot?
>