Second AV Scanner Suggestions

Julian Field MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Mon Sep 24 20:26:33 IST 2007



Scott Silva wrote:
> 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.
Please can you send me the download URL and a valid licence file? (Send 
the licence off-list!)

Jules

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