Try testing against an ecair file. http://www.eicar.org/ . If it can not detect ecair.exe its not working!
Where does it say the dos version can detect viruses in mime format? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tracy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 2:02 PM Subject: [xmail] Re: OT: Virus scanner for Windows / XMail > Interesting... I downloaded F-Prot for DOS, and tried scanning a few > message files that I had saved which have the virus in them as a MIME > attachment. It reported no viruses found... It just occurred to me to > wonder if I might have gotten an old version that just didn't detect this > virus? > > Going to check now...:) > > At 16:32 8/25/2003, Bill Healy wrote: > > > >F-Prot doesn't need to have the attachments decoded to detect a virus. > >In fact I've used it a few times after a major outbreak to scan the > >\mailroot\domains folder to see if any virii have slipped by before > >f-prot was updated with the newest data files. > > > >What you probably read in the readme was the way the script used to > >work. I used to save the attachment to a temp folder and then scan them > >with AVG and F-Prot. But it was found that F-Prot caught everything and > >didn't require the overhead of decoding the attachment, so the script > >was changed. > > > >Bill > > > > > > >---------- > > >From: Tracy[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 11:57 AM > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Subject: [xmail] Re: OT: Virus scanner for Windows / XMail > > > > > >I had looked at this script earlier, but I was confused about whether or > > >not the message needed to be decoded before f-prot was run against it - I > > >couldn't seem to find anything that decoded the attachments in the filter > > >script, but the readme.txt made mention of "saving attachments" in a > > >particular folder. > > > > > > > > >At 14:54 8/25/2003, Edinilson J. Santos wrote: > > > > > > > > >>Try f-prot for DOS > > >>http://www.f-prot.com/download/download_fpdos.html > > >> > > >>and try these scripts too: > > >>www.atinet.com.br/xmail > > >> > > >> > > >>Edinilson > > >>--------------------------------------------------------- > > >>ATINET-Professional Web Hosting > > >>Tel Voz: (0xx11) 4412-0876 > > >>http://www.atinet.com.br > > >> > > >> > > >>----- Original Message ----- > > >>From: "Tracy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 2:46 PM > > >>Subject: [xmail] OT: Virus scanner for Windows / XMail > > >> > > >> > > >>Greetings, > > >> > > >>Does anyone have a recommendation for a virus scanner (not a filter script, > > >>the actual anti-virus program) for use with XMail on Windows? Being a > > >>"home" user, I don't have much money to put into such a product, so if > > >>there is one which is inexpensive (or free) to use, that would be so much > > >>the better.... > > >> > > >>Thanks, and sorry for the OT post... > > >> > > >>Tracy > > >> > > >> > > >>- > > >>To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in > > >>the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to > > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>--- > > >>Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > >>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > >>Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 19/08/2003 > > >> > > >>- > > >>To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in > > >>the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to > > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > >- > > >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in > > >the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > >- > >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in > >the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
