Thanks a lot Glen :..Re: Add 2nd antivirus scanner

Mail Administrator mailadmin at baladia.gov.kw
Wed Sep 12 12:50:33 IST 2007


> On 12/09/2007, Mail Administrator <mailadmin at baladia.gov.kw> wrote:
>>
>> > Mail Administrator spake the following on 9/11/2007 3:20 AM:
>> >> Dear All,
>> >>
>> >> I have the following below setup workin perfect for sometime
>> >>
>> >> Centos 5
>> >> MailScanner-4.62.9-3
>> >> Spam Assassin+Clamav--- jules package
>> >> mailwatch
>> >>
>> >> i wanted to use the second antivurus scanner thats is bit defender
>> since
>> >> is free as of now
>> >> so i downloaded it and installed it and  when i run mailScanner
>> --lint i
>> >> see the fiollowing
>> >>
>> >> --------------------------------
>> >>
>> >> Checking version numbers...
>> >> Version number in MailScanner.conf (4.62.9) is correct.
>> >>
>> >> Your envelope_sender_header in spam.assassin.prefs.conf is correct.
>> >>
>> >> Checking for SpamAssassin errors (if you use it)...
>> >> SpamAssassin temp dir =
>> >> /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/SpamAssassin-Temp
>> >> SpamAssassin reported no errors.
>> >> MailScanner.conf says "Virus Scanners = clamav bitdefender"
>> >> Found these virus scanners installed: clamav
>> >> ===========================================================================
>> >> Ignore errors about failing to find EOCD signature
>> >> format error: can't find EOCD signature
>> >>  at /usr/sbin/MailScanner line 451
>> >> cat: /tmp/log.bdc.7225: No such file or directory
>> >> rm: cannot remove `/tmp/log.bdc.7225': No such file or directory
>> >> ===========================================================================
>> >> Virus Scanner test reports:
>> >> ClamAV said "eicar.com contains Eicar-Test-Signature"
>> >>
>> >> If any of your virus scanners (clamav)
>> >> are not listed there, you should check that they are installed
>> correctly
>> >> and that MailScanner is finding them correctly via its
>> >> virus.scanners.conf.
>> >>
>> >> ---------------------------
>> >>
>> >> also i modified the virusscanner.conf file
>> >>
>> >> original was
>> >>
>> >> bitdefender    /usr/lib/MailScanner/bitdefender-wrapper /opt/bdc
>> >>
>> >> modified to
>> >>
>> >> bitdefender    /usr/lib/MailScanner/bitdefender-wrapper
>> >> /opt/BitDefender-scanner/bin/bdscan
>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------
>> >>
>> >> 2) also when i try to run bdscan
>> >> it says
>> >> trial key found 25 days remaining
>> >>
>> >> why is this message
>> >>
>> >> appreciate your help
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Thanks and regards
>> >>
>> >> benedict
>> > You did not install the free version.
>> >
>>
>> Thanks Scott..
>>
>> btw i did download the BitDefender antivirus from this location and
>> installed it
>>
>>
>> http://download.bitdefender.com/SMB/Workstation_Security_and_Management/BitDefender_Antivirus_Scanner_for_Unices/Unix/Current/EN/Version_7.x/Linux/
>>
>> apprecite if u could provide me the right link if im wrong
>>
>> thnkss once again
>>
>> regards
>>
>> benedict
> Well Benedict, that's just it: As of a while back, there simply isn't
> any "right link" to download from. Per definition, bdscanner cannot be
> used free of charge in MailScanner (assuming I read the license
> correctly).
>
> But I do think there are very minor changes to actually support it (as
> we should... after all, it is still a commercial scanner someone might
> like to buy). In that sense, I don't think BD would have any
> objections to us implementing that support (I think it'd be best to do
> it like a separate scanner... bd75x ... or something similar. And no,
> I haven't checked whether the existing functions would work with the
> bdscanner as well as with bdc... Will have to get a separate life,
> just to keep up with all the current work ... :-).
>
> Cheers
> --
> -- Glenn
> email: glenn < dot > steen < at > gmail < dot > com
> work: glenn < dot > steen < at > ap1 < dot > se
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