Assuming you're using the IMail AV add-on from Symantec... Personally, I check Windows' Event Viewer. In the Application Log, it shows SYMScan as the source. Look for the blue Information icons, Event ID 105. That will tell you "The CarrierScan Server has updated its virus definitions." If the date is more than a few days old I manually update using LiveUpdate to make sure. Otherwise, I have a scheduled task to download definitions.
Hope that helps... Kurt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Bruner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: August 21, 2003 12:16 PM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Imail AV > I don't think so...I am running the Imail AV add-on which is symantec > carrierscan. I have an Anti virus tab in the Imail admin but it provides no > info. Only whether or not it is enabled or not etc...I was hoping someone > could tell me a way to tell if it is downloading the virus def's > automaticly as it is designed to do or tell me away to verify that it even > works. > > I am asking because the many sobig's that came in last night were caught by > my filters and forwarded to my infected box. 2 slipped past the filters...I > am wondering if the def's are up to date in Imail AV then why is he not > catching them instead of my filters? So, I just want to find a way to verify > the Imail AV add-on is doing it's job...for 1000 a year I pay... > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David > Lewis-Waller > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 11:48 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Imail AV > > > Imail 7.10 doesn't support AV scanning by default, this was introduced > in version 8 so any virus definitions files are those that have been > integrated by a third party product. To determine what definitions are > current will depend in what AV has been installed. In many cases IMail > admins will be updating their definition files using a task scheduler or > possibly in response to an automated email from the AV vendor. > > In either case it's not too difficult to devise a script that can > determine the timestamp of the definition files on the mail server. As > an example we use F-Prot and have a task that runs a simple vbs script > every hour. The script runs the F-Prot updater via a shell dos command > then parses the defs directory returning a list of files and timestamps > if an update has taken place. A negative email is sent to just show the > system is working and hasn't stalled for whatever reason. > > Is this what your were after? > > David > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Bruner > Sent: 21 August 2003 17:31 > To: Imail Forum (E-mail) > Subject: [IMail Forum] Imail AV > > > Probably a stupid question but is there any way to tell what the current > virus definition file is? Or, if the auto update function is actually > working and keeping the def's up to dat? I am running IMail 7.10... > > TIA > Jim To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
