Mailscanner Clamd scanner module does not detect virus with /

Julian Field MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Tue Aug 28 12:17:54 IST 2007


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Can you send me a sample message so that I can have something to work 
with please?
I obviously need to fix this, preferably before the next stable release 
later this week.

Adri Koppes wrote:
> I recently switched from ClamAVModule to using Clamd with MailScanner
> 4.61.7.
> I also use the extra clamav database MSRBL-Images and MSRBL-SPAM from
> www.msrbl.com.
> Some definitions in MSRBL-Images contain virus names with '/'
> characters.
> When clamd detects such an images it gives a message like:
>
> /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/incoming/69469/l7S87Zuk071123/1.gif:
> MSRBL-Images/0-0
> -wgrZ FOUND
>
> However MailScanner does NOT detect the message as being infected.
> Using the ClamAVModule scanner, the message is correctly identified as
> being infected.
> Probably this is due to some special path handling in SweepViruses.pm
> for the ClamD module.
>
> Best regards,
>
> A. Koppes
> SalesManager Software B.V.
>
>
>   

Jules

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