Filename whitelist virus problem

[Carinus Carelse]

It is set to mcafee and i have not changed the wrapper scripts no.  I usually
use th eicar virus test to check.  I always understood that if you whitelist a
filename or filetype the virus scanner still scans for viruses.

Carinus


Julian Field wrote:

> What is your "Virus Scanners =" setting, and have you made *any* changes
> to the -wrapper scripts at all. Scanning the contents of zip files is
> left to the virus scanners, so your scanner is not unpacking it.
>
> Have you checked that any virus scanning to this particular user is working?
>
> Carinus Carelse wrote:
>
> >I have setup a whitelist to allow .zip and .com messages through to only
> >one user.  My understanding is that it should still scan for viruses but
> >when I send the eicar test zip file with the .com zipped inside it just
> >sends it through and doesn't scan it for viruses.
> >
> >Can anyone maybe help me?
> >
> >Carinus
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