Avast interface not fully functional

SuprDave mailscanner.list at romehosting.com
Tue Jan 13 21:38:22 GMT 2009


I am using Avast Home for Linux.  The output file is attached.
Thanks!
Dave Gattis


> For starters, are you using Avast or Avastd?
> Secondly, please can you post the exact output of the Avast/Avastd
> scanner?
> If you are using Avastd, then this is a possible problem. Case 3
> shouldn't be a problem but case 2 might be.
> I need to see the exact output, preferably redirect the output to a file
> and post that file (gzipped so nothing can play with it).
>
> On 13/1/09 20:13, SuprDave wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was very happy to see an interface for Avast.  After extensive
>> testing,
>> I discovered that MailScanner does not identify all viruses caught by
>> Avast.  It seems that the interface may be incomplete.  Here are my
>> findings:
>>
>> I have three virus samples available.  During a manual command-line scan
>> Avast reports.
>>
>> 1:  [infected by: EICAR Test-NOT virus!!]
>> 2:  [infected by: Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]]
>> 3:  [infected by: Win32:Trojan-gen {Other}]
>>
>> MailScanner successfully identifies #1 but ignores #2 and #3.  My best
>> guess would be that the VirusSweep file is somehow confused by the extra
>> brackets or maybe the colon.  Note that #2 uses [ and ], #3 uses { and
>> }.
>>
>> Any help resolving this would be greatly appreciated.  I am using the
>> latest release of MailScanner on a Debian box.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Dave Gattis
>>
>>
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