SV: Verify virus scanning

[Trond M. Markussen]

Thanks, the EICAR file was indeed stopped. But it seems strange that so few viruses are detected.. how does one check which virus definition file/date is in use?

Regards,

Trond M.

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Fra: MailScanner [mailto:mailscanner-bounces+markussen=media24.no at lists.mailscanner.info] På vegne av Jerry Benton
Sendt: 29. mars 2016 16:06
Til: MailScanner Discussion
Emne: Re: Verify virus scanning

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Also puts a copy of the eicar in a test message. 

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Jerry Benton
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> On Mar 29, 2016, at 10:02 AM, Peter Lemieux <mailscanner at replies.cyways.com> wrote:
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> Download a copy of the EICAR test file from here: http://www.eicar.org/86-0-Intended-use.html.  Attach it to a message and send it to yourself.  If scanning is working, the attachment will be identified as a virus, and notices will be sent depending on how you have configured MailScanner.
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> Peter
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> On 03/29/2016 09:57 AM, Trond M. Markussen wrote:
>> How can we verify that virus scanning is working?
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