mail:~/bin # MailScanner --lint Trying to setlogsock(unix) Reading configuration file /etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf Reading configuration file /etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README Read 1082 hostnames from the phishing whitelist Read 3416 hostnames from the phishing blacklists Checking version numbers... Version number in MailScanner.conf (4.84.6) is correct. Your envelope_sender_header in spam.assassin.prefs.conf is correct. MailScanner setting GID to (51) MailScanner setting UID to (51) Checking for SpamAssassin errors (if you use it)... Using SpamAssassin results cache Connected to SpamAssassin cache database SpamAssassin reported no errors. Connected to Processing Attempts Database Created Processing Attempts Database successfully There are 29 messages in the Processing Attempts Database Using locktype = posix MailScanner.conf says "Virus Scanners = f-secure clamav" Found these virus scanners installed: clamav, f-secure =========================================================================== Filename Checks: Windows/DOS Executable (1 eicar.com) Other Checks: Found 1 problems Virus and Content Scanning: Starting Virus Scanning: F-Secure found virus EICAR_Test_File ./1/eicar.com: Infected: EICAR_Test_File [FSE] Virus Scanning: F-Secure found virus EICAR-Test-File (not a virus) ./1/eicar.com: Infected: EICAR-Test-File (not a virus) [Aquarius] Virus Scanning: F-Secure found 1 infections ./1/eicar.com: Eicar-Test-Signature FOUND Virus Scanning: ClamAV found 2 infections Infected message 1 came from 10.1.1.1 Virus Scanning: Found 3 viruses =========================================================================== Virus Scanner test reports: F-Secure said "./1/eicar.com: Infected: EICAR_Test_File [FSE]" F-Secure said "./1/eicar.com: Infected: EICAR-Test-File (not a virus) [Aquarius]" ClamAV said "eicar.com contains Eicar-Test-Signature" If any of your virus scanners (clamav,f-secure) are not listed there, you should check that they are installed correctly and that MailScanner is finding them correctly via its virus.scanners.conf.