[Mimedefang] Virus messages changed in new version of Vexira and Antivir

Matthew.van.Eerde at hbinc.com Matthew.van.Eerde at hbinc.com
Wed Feb 11 13:05:26 EST 2004


> From: Nels Lindquist [mailto:nlindq at maei.ca]
> ... 
> Example new-style alert:
> 
> ALERT: [Worm/Sobig.B worm]
> 
> The relevant regexp is as follows:
> 
> $CurrentVirusScannerMessage =~ m/ALERT: \[(\S+) virus\]/
> 
> I haven't had time to fix it yet, but I assume something like:
> 
> $CurrentVirusScannerMessage =~ m/ALERT: \[(\S+) virus|worm\]/ 
> 
> would work?

I believe parentheses are necessary around the virus|worm construct,
otherwise it means
Something that has ALERT: [blahblah virus, or alternatively has worm]

$CurrentVirusScannerMessage =~ m/ALERT: \[(\S+) (virus|worm)\]/



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