Second AV Scanner Suggestions

Glenn Steen glenn.steen at gmail.com
Tue Sep 25 08:56:40 IST 2007


On 24/09/2007, Julian Field <MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
> In which case, please try this:
> 1) In /etc/MailScanner/virus.scanners.conf, set this
> bitdefender /usr/lib/MailScanner/bitdefender-wrapper
> /opt/BitDefender-scanner/bin
> 2) In /usr/lib/MailScanner/bitdefender-wrapper, change this line (around
> line 33)
> prog=bdc
> to this
> prog=bdscan
>
> Please give this a go and let me know if it works.
>
> Also, please try this for the bitdefender-autoupdate:
> 1) Change this line (around line 132)
> my $bitDefBinary = "bdc";
> to this
> my $bitDefBinary = "bdscan";
> 2) Run update_virus_scanners
>
> Check the contents of /var/log/bitdefender_updater.log to see if it
> worked or not.
>
> If someone can send me a fully-licensed version of BitDefender I'll try
> to get all this stuff working for you. Does the widely-used free version
> require these changes as well as the new one?
No.

> Will I break everyone's
> bitdefender-based systems if I change this?
Yes.

> Otherwise I'll try to make it work with the old setup and the new one at
> the same time.
That would be best. As one can suspect, it seems they see it as a
natural progression... While we (who use the old bdc thing) don't:-D.

Cheers
-- 
-- Glenn
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