MailScanner - OpenSUSE 10.1 - ClamAV trouble

Julian Field MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Fri Jul 13 11:00:09 IST 2007


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Upgrade to ClamAV 0.91.

Dirk Enrique Seiffert wrote:
> Hello I use MailScanner on various Opensuse 10.1 Mailserver. About two
> days ago I updated the ClamAV Opensuse rpm to clamav-0.90.3-3.1 - Since
> then it takes an eternity to scan for virus.
>
> Jul 12 18:56:57 mail MailScanner[25523]: Virus Processing completed at
> 195581 bytes per second
> Jul 12 18:56:57 mail MailScanner[25523]: Batch completed at 19 bytes per
> second (2320 / 117)
> Jul 12 18:56:57 mail MailScanner[25523]: Batch (1 message) processed in
> 117.39 seconds
>
> CPU load stays on 99%.
>
> In many cases I get a false "Denial Of Service attack is in message" for
> plain text mails. Exactly the same behaviour I can see on two different
> MailServers. My MailScanner Version is 4.55.10.
>
> Plese let me know if you have similar observations or even solutions.
>
>   

Jules

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