Problems with Silent Viruses

[Ugo Bellavance]

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Ray Dermody wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Im trying to get MailScanner to drop (discard) email with infections. e.g
> not to notify sender or recipient. Notably Netsky and Bagle.
> Looking down through the documentation I conclude incorrectly that
> this should work in my MailScanner.conf file
>
> Silent Viruses = /etc/MailScanner/viruses.to.delete.conf
> Still Deliver Silent Viruses = no
>
> And my viruses.to.delete.conf file has these entries for example
> W32/Klez.gen at MM
> W32/Sobig.f at MM
> W32/Dumaru.a at MM
> W32/Bagle at MM
> W32/Bagle.ai at MM
> W32/Bagle.aa at MM
> W32/Netsky.p at MM
> W32/Netsky.z at MM
> W32/Netsky.d at MM
>
> Any ideas why the recipient is still getting notified that a virus was being
> sent to them?
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Ray,

        Please read the EXAMPLE file in the rules directory, your answer is there.

>
> Ray.
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