Avast interface not fully functional

Julian Field MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Tue Jan 13 21:58:11 GMT 2009


Oh not it's not :-)

On 13/1/09 21:38, SuprDave wrote:
> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>> Jules
>>
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