Sophos killing protected Excel spreadsheets

[Julian Field]

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I would like confirmation that my patches for Config.pm (\n in settings) 
and SweepViruses.pm (Allowed Sophos Error Messages implemented for 
SophosSAVI scanner) both work as intended before I publish a beta.

But maybe that is slightly self-defeating. Sod it, I'll put out a beta 
for you. 4.43.1 on its way.

Jeff A. Earickson wrote:

> Julian,
>
> I've set Allowed Sophos Error Messages = "File was encrypted", changed
> from sophossavi to sophos, and asked the howling user to send me
> an encrypted Excel spreadsheet to see if this fixes the issue.  Then
> I'll upgrade to 4.42.9, apply patch, go back to sophossavi, try again.
>
> Since there have two or three patches emailed out re 4.42.9, maybe it
> is time to slap 4.43.x beta out there, and I'll just go to that...
>
> Jeff Earickson
> Colby College
>
> On Thu, 2 Jun 2005, Julian Field wrote:
>
>> Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 17:50:16 +0100
>> From: Julian Field <MailScanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK>
>> Reply-To: MailScanner mailing list <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
>> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>> Subject: Re: Sophos killing protected Excel spreadsheets
>>
>> Consider it done.
>> Patch attached.
>>
>> Aaron K. Moore wrote:
>>
>>> I think that it would be a good addition to add the functionality for
>>> SophosSAVI.
>>>
>>>
>>
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