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Re: [AMaViS-user] Detecting the eicar virus, ClamAV .96

From: Mark Martinec <Mark.Martinec+amavis_at_nospam>
Date: Wed Apr 21 2010 - 18:40:00 GMT
To: amavis-user@lists.sourceforge.net

James,

> I upgraded ClamAV to .96 yesterday due to some of the security issues
> related to earlier versions. I compiled and installed the new version and
> then ran amavisd debug. It doesn't appear that when sending the eicar
> virus that it gets blocked. I checked the FAQ and didn't see anything
> specific. I'm not sure what I'm missing.
> CentOS release 5.4 (Final) x64
> Postfix-2.3.3-2.1.el5_2
> Amavisd-new-2.6.4-2.el5.rf

Bump up log level and check the log, or start as: amavisd debug

There may be a problem with a virus checker, or with decoding,
or perhaps you mangled the eicar test sample when wrapping it
into a mail message.

  Mark

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