[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I mentioned that there is open source virus scanning software for email to
> my manager, he responded who updates the signature files? I didn't have an
> answer.
>
> I did some searching in the archives and haven't found anything yet. I
> thought there was quite a discussion about a virus scanner for qmail
> several months ago on this list. But now I'm wondering if I may have spoken
> to soon. Was I wrong about this? If I was not wrong then who does update
> these files or how does one go about getting updates?
Well, AMaViS and scan4virus (and also IspMailGate or inflex) are not
virus scanners per se. They are just some tools, which call(s) one or
more virus scanners. AMaViS 0.2.0-pre6-clm-rl-5 supports:
* Kaspersky Lab AVP / AvpDaemon + AvpDaemonClient
* F-Secure Corp. F-Secure AV (formerly known as DataFellows)
* Sophos Sweep
* NAI VirusScan
* H+B EDV AntiVir
* Trend Micro FileScanner
* CyberSoft VFIND
(see also http://av-linux.w3.to)
Well, to keep them up-to-date ... F-Secure comes with a tool for that
(called imho fsavupdate) otherwise write a small script which uses e.g.
wget and which is called via cron.
An example script for Sophos Sweep can be found at
http://www.seifried.org/articles/linuxemailprotection.htm
HTH
Sorry for off-topic
best regards,
Rainer Link
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Rainer Link, eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED], WWW: http://rainer.w3.to/
Student of Communication Engineering/Computer Networking, University of
Applied Sciences,Furtwangen,Germany,http://www.ce.is.fh-furtwangen.de/
