100% CPU load. Perl module problem?

[Torsten Bunde]

Hi Glenn,

On 28.12.2010 20:08, Glenn Steen wrote:
> So when does it go into spin? What does ps/top show the children  doing?

if I'm using things like ps, top or htop that only shows up things like

	MailScanner: starting childen

Nothing more.

> What does the logs say?

The logfile doesn't tell anything useful

Dec 29 09:04:50 zeus MailScanner[7694]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner
version 4.81.4 starting...
Dec 29 09:04:50 zeus MailScanner[7694]: Reading configuration file
/opt/MailScanner/etc/MailScanner.conf
Dec 29 09:04:50 zeus MailScanner[7694]: Reading configuration file
/opt/MailScanner/etc/conf.d/README
Dec 29 09:04:50 zeus MailScanner[7694]: Read 867 hostnames from the
phishing whitelist
Dec 29 09:04:50 zeus MailScanner[7694]: Read 4162 hostnames from the
phishing blacklists

And this for every child process.

> Have you run the analyse thing for the sa cache? Is
> it ok? What about the processing db?

The sa cache seems to be ok but I found a hint, that there is a problem
with perl and the actual installed and used Spamassassin-Version. I'll
habe a look at that. Maybe this is the problem ...

I'll test your other suggestions after that if it is still necessary.

> What av do you run?

I'm using (or better: I have to use) Sophos AntiVirus:

server:~ # sweep --version
SWEEP virus detection utility
Copyright (c) 1989-2010 Sophos Group. All rights reserved.

System time 09:30:03, System date 29 December 2010

Product version           : 4.60.0
Engine version            : 3.14.1
Virus data version        : 4.60
User interface version    : 2.07.293
Platform                  : Linux/Intel
Released                  : 06 December 2010
Total viruses (with IDEs) : 2166503
server:~ #

Regards
- Torsten