Second AV Scanner Suggestions

Scott Silva ssilva at sgvwater.com
Mon Sep 24 20:00:46 IST 2007


Johnny Stork spake the following on 9/24/2007 11:30 AM:
> Thanks Julian. Below is my lint test and it appears that the bitdefender 
> scanner is not found. I downloaded and installed BD from 
> "BitDefender-scanner-7.5-4.linux-gcc3x.i586.rpm.run" and seems to put 
> the scanner here.
> 
> [root at gateway MailScanner]# whereis bdscan
> bdscan: /usr/bin/bdscan /opt/BitDefender-scanner/bin/bdscan
> 
> 
> So I updated virus.scanners.conf. to show
> 
> "bitdefender    /usr/lib/MailScanner/bitdefender-wrapper 
> /opt/BitDefender-scanner"
> 
> 
> Mailscanner Lint Test:
> 
> [root at gateway MailScanner]# MailScanner --lint
> Checking version numbers...
> Version number in MailScanner.conf (4.63.8) 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 = clamd bitdefender"
> Found these virus scanners installed: clamavmodule
> ===========================================================================
> Ignore errors about failing to find EOCD signature
> format error: can't find EOCD signature
> at /usr/sbin/MailScanner line 458
> cat: /tmp/log.bdc.351: No such file or directory
> rm: cannot remove `/tmp/log.bdc.351': No such file or directory
> ===========================================================================
> 
> If any of your virus scanners (clamavmodule)
> are not listed there, you should check that they are installed correctly
> and that MailScanner is finding them correctly via its virus.scanners.conf.
> 
MailScanner support was written for bitdefender 7.0 and 7.1. I think it might 
need an update for the new version.
Also, I think the new version is not free except for personal use, and needs a 
license file to run past the demo time.

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You hope everybody uses it, and
you notice quickly if they don't!!!!



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