[Mimedefang] How to use File::Scan?

David T Hollis dhollis at davehollis.com
Mon Oct 14 13:14:00 EDT 2002


Marco Berizzi wrote:

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dave Williss" <dwilliss at microimages.com>
>To: <mimedefang at lists.roaringpenguin.com>
>Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 5:11 PM
>Subject: [Mimedefang] How to use File::Scan?
>
>
>  
>
>>I've downloaded and installed File::Scan to use with Mimedefang.
>>My question is, how do I actually configure File::Scan?  the
>>    
>>
>documentation
>  
>
>>for it is sparse.
>>    
>>
>
>The suggested-min-filter is a good starting point to take a look.
>
>  
>
>>What does it use for virus definitions and how do you update it?
>>    
>>
>
>You should update periodically the package File::Scan itself. AKAIK the
>file signatures.txt is the file containing the virus signatures.
>_______________________________________________
>MIMEDefang mailing list
>MIMEDefang at lists.roaringpenguin.com
>http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang
>  
>
Actually, the signatures are in the Perl module itself.  It runs some 
regex across the file to see if it matches certain sigs.





More information about the MIMEDefang mailing list