Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-security (485 mails)

["Mrvka Andreas" <mrv@xxxxxxx>]

>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>Von: Tom Knight [mailto:thomas.knight@xxxxxxxxxx]
>Gesendet: Mittwoch, 10. März 2004 12:34
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: GarUlbricht7@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:GarUlbricht7@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: 10 March 2004 07:49
>>
>> "Mrvka Andreas" <mrv@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> > hi,
>> >
>> > i use the NAI product for my SuSE Linux 9 distribution.
>> > VirusScan for Unix: with actual engine and Dat file...
>>
>> ----<text snipped>---
>>
>> > i copied the exe file out of the zip file and ran the uvscan but
>> > nevertheless i was unsuccessful :-(
>> >
>>
>> And you are unhappy ???

yes, i AM unhappy!
for a mailserver virus scanning it's so nice, to let viruses go through...

>>
>> My father has a saying:
>>
>>    "Don't go looking for trouble,
>>     it will find you soon enough."
>>
>> Unless you have a test environment that is off the web, please don't
>> go opening up stange files...
>>
>
>Indeed.
>
>Looking at this again, you probably want to test using the
>eicar test file,
>http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm. It's a harmless
>text file that all AV software detecta as a virus.
>
>No I won't send it to you - my mail server probably wouldn't
>let it through!

i know this virus.
i fact, my virus scan detect all viruses except this one which
is in a password protected zip file.

NAI's product based on microsoft servers can detect him.

I try to ask NAI directly, as i read here...

>
>Tom.
>

thanks,
Andrew