/etc/cron.hourly/update_virus_scanners getting stuck

[Martin Hepworth]

David

Assuming that's the only AV in your setup.

The MS kapersky updater script will still lock MS until it's finished
which seems to be the issue here.

You may it beneficial to install ClamAV in the mean time until Kapersky
get their act together, and remove kapersky from the MailScanner.conf
file...

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Martin Hepworth
Snr Systems Administrator
Solid State Logic
Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300


David Ballengee wrote:
> could i just remove
>
> /etc/cron.hourly/update_virus_scanners
>
> from cron
>
> and then just use the kaspserky updater cron job??
>
> Martin Hepworth wrote:
>
>> David
>>
>> a couple of people have reported issues with the update scripts. But
>> they were running 5.0.5 (5.0.3 and 5.0.4) so  I think they fixed it by
>> upgrading to 5.0.5.
>>
>> hmm on the kapersky support pages...
>>
>> Problems with download servers.
>>
>> We apologize to customers and partners for the problems caused by our
>> download servers over the past few days.
>>
>> A recent virus outbreak and an exceptionally large antivirus database
>> update created an unprecedented load on our servers. This meant the
>> servers were inaccessible for long periods.
>>
>> We have now completely restructured our update procedure. This means
>> that the cumulative update released on 28.01.05, which contributed to
>> the server problems,was the last update of such a large size.
>>
>> We are also reviewing our download server system to ensure that our
>> servers will function effectively at times of peak demand.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Martin Hepworth
>> Snr Systems Administrator
>> Solid State Logic
>> Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300
>>
>>
>> David Ballengee wrote:
>>
>>> I am running Mail Scanner 4/36/4  with Kaspesky 5.05 email virus scanner
>>> using sendmail version 8.12.11.
>>>
>>> Just recently it seems that the cron job
>>>
>>> /etc/cron/hourly/update_virus_scanners gets stuck. (It seems to run over
>>> and over again when i run a ps -aux
>>>
>>> When this happens Mail Scanner dies, thus so does sendmail.  All the
>>> messages get stuck in the queue.
>>>
>>> There is nothing really special about the machine its running on.
>>>
>>> HP Xenon 1 gb of ram.  Fedora Core 2
>>>
>>> any ideas??
>>>
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>>> David Ballengee
>>> IT Supervisor
>>> Unique Photo
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