Verify virus scanning

Jerry Benton jerry.benton at mailborder.com
Tue Mar 29 14:30:54 UTC 2016


Are you saying viruses are getting through? Or are you just concerned because you are not seeing any viruses? I mean, we can send you some viruses if you are longing for them. 

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Jerry Benton
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> On Mar 29, 2016, at 10:28 AM, Trond M. Markussen <markussen at media24.no> wrote:
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> 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?
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> Trond M.
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> Also puts a copy of the eicar in a test message. 
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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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