"Trey Nolen" writes:
> > the files are stored in a compressed (not strictly gzip) format; which is
> > probably throwing the scanner off.
> >
> > you could always try storing the files uncompressed, by specifying the
> > following option:
> > $Conf{CompressLevel} = 0;
> >
> > try that on the host in question, and see if your virus scanner detects
> > the
> > virus after it's been backed up.
> >
>
> Unfortunately, due to space requirements, we *have* to use compression. Is
> there anything I could use on the command line to maybe do a dummy "restore"
> and pipe the output through the virus scanner? That would require a ton of
> processor work, but it might be OK every now and then.
You could do it as part of an archive script. It runs BackupPC_tarCreate,
which you could unpack and run the virus scan.
Craig
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