MailScanner - OpenSUSE 10.1 - ClamAV trouble (solved)

Dirk Enrique Seiffert ds at caribenet.com
Fri Jul 13 18:54:50 IST 2007


> Upgrade to ClamAV 0.91.

Thanks, this was the solution. ClamAV 0.91 works like a charme!

> 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.
>>
>>
>
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