Second AV Scanner Suggestions

[Julian Field]

Kevin Miller wrote:
> Johnny Stork wrote:
>   
>> Thanks to everyone that has responded. I went with BitDefender.
>>
>> Now how can I confirm it is actually being used? I updated "Virus
>> Scanners = clamd bitdefender" but how do I know its being used?
>>
>> Dimitri Yioulos wrote:
>>     
>
> Send yourself the eicar test pattern.  Both clam and bitdefender should
> tag it...
>   
That's effectively what "MailScanner --lint" does. It contains a copy of 
a fake email message with the Eicar test pattern in it, suitably encoded 
so that no scanner will ever find it hidden in the MailScanner code, so 
you can perform a real test while still ensuring that MailScanner itself 
won't get caught by any virus scanners.

Apparently, Amavis (I think that's what it was) used to try to do this, 
but didn't hide the Eicar copy well enough and it triggered virus 
scanners making it impossible to download and install on many sites. 
Talk about shooting yourself in the foot! :-)

Jules

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