Re: [Declude.Virus] Microsoft GDI+ Security Update

2004-09-15 Thread Matt
nt to have to start scanning JPEG's and wasting a ton of additional resources to do so. Matt R. Scott Perry wrote: Unfortunately this is from Microsoft's main web page, just click on the "Critical Update" in the upper right corner of the page. I'm still trying to figure

[Declude.Virus] Forging candidate - JS/IFrame@exp

2004-09-17 Thread Matt
D] X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Sep 2004 20:51:11.0635 (UTC) FILETIME=[10876E30:01C49CF8] I can't find any descriptions for the exploit on the F-Prot site nor on Google.   Thanks, Matt -- = MailPure custom filters for Declude JunkMail Pro. http://www.mailpure.com/software/ =

Re: [Declude.Virus] F-Prot/GDI+ FYI

2004-09-24 Thread Matt
x27;s are one of the few worst-case scenarios. Fingers crossed, hoping that the high school kids are all busy with school for now. Matt R. Scott Perry wrote: > Without blocking all .JPG files, nothing. The problem is that there is a > lack of information on how to detect such .JPG's.

Re: [Declude.Virus] Paypal and "Outlook 'Blank Folding' Vulnerability"

2004-09-24 Thread Matt
generally smart enough to make my own decisions, or at least fully willing to take responsibility for them :) Matt John Tolmachoff (Lists) wrote: This looks like a clear explanation to me: 18.3 Outlook 'Blank Folding' Vulnerability: This vulnerability occurs when there is a line

Re: [Declude.Virus] Paypal and "Outlook 'Blank Folding' Vulnerability"

2004-09-24 Thread Matt
PG files, and intercepting such files for scanning prior to display in Internet Explorer could drive many machines into the ground in terms of performance.  Shame on Microsoft. Matt -- = MailPure custom filters for Declude JunkMail Pro. http://www.mailpure.com/software/ =

Re: [Declude.Virus] Fprot GDI Scanner lines.

2004-09-28 Thread Matt
es reality, but I would prefer to be a step ahead on something this obvious. Thanks, Matt marc wrote: installed 1.80 declude virus (restart imail smtp) and sending the infected JPEG jpegcompoc.zip (http://www.gulftech.org/?node=downloads) it was not automatically detect and goes trough, u

Re: [Declude.Virus] Fprot GDI Scanner lines.

2004-09-28 Thread Matt
hey typically don't handle the files directly from the Internet, and most of course aren't using Microsoft's code for this.  I do a lot of graphic design work and haven't found a non-MS app yet that had a vulnerable version of GDI on all of the machines that I own. Matt Sanford

Re: [Declude.Virus] GDI false Postive

2004-09-30 Thread Matt
ue to wait patiently since I don't expect miracles to happen overnight, but I would really, really appreciate it if you could raise the priority of when to allow us to turn these all off and on individually. Thanks, Matt -- = MailPure cus

Re: [Declude.Virus] BankFraud (phishing) e-mails

2004-10-06 Thread Matt
oduce something that Declude could be coded to support (provided that Scott is willing of course). Matt Bill Landry wrote: I just found that if you have "PRESCAN" set to on, you will not be able to catch these BankFraud/Phishing e-mails. However, if you set "PRESCAN" to "

Re: [Declude.Virus] Banned ZIP with .exe extension

2004-10-20 Thread Matt
some protections for zip files with malformed headers that might detect this exploit. Matt Tito Macapinlac wrote: Hi, Here is a bulletin re: new vulnerability regarding zip files. Maybe another good reason to ban zip files if your AV is vulnerable. http://www.idefense.com/application/poi

Re: [Declude.Virus] MyDoom.o's slipping through.

2004-10-21 Thread Matt
Chris, It's always helpful to share the actual lines of your log when asking a question such as this. That will clear up any possible misperceptions and allow one to focus on what happened. Matt Chris Patterson wrote: I have had two reports in the last 2 days about a virus coming through

Re: [Declude.Virus] MyDoom.o's slipping through.

2004-10-21 Thread Matt
e updating your definitions on an hourly basis and also think about adding a second scanner if things like this are going to cause problems for your clients and business. Matt Chris Patterson wrote: Log Files: 10/19/2004 12:58:45 Q47c21ade0114a44b MIME file: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [base64; Le

Re: [Declude.Virus] Scott, what is our future?

2004-10-25 Thread Matt
that even if I threw Ipswitch another $4,000, nothing would really change with them except for the damn price, and I really, really hate being taken advantage of. Maybe you are confident about your plans for the future, but not knowing them, how could I be. Thanks, Matt R. Scott Perry wrote: You

Re: [Declude.Virus] passworded zip file

2004-10-25 Thread Matt
make sure that these file types are in your BANEXT list.  This will allow through all other types of files within the encrypted zips, including the CSV file that your client wants to receive. Matt Peter Lowish wrote: Declude 1.81 virus standard   A client reguarly receives a

Re: [Declude.Virus] Scott, what is our future?

2004-10-25 Thread Matt
Sandy, So what do you do when the next IMail exploit pops up such as that LDAP exploit and you have no way to fix the bug?  Can a serious business even take the risk of this happening? No. I can't see myself on IMail for any more than a year from now. Matt Sanford Whiteman

Re: [Declude.Virus] Scott, what is our future?

2004-10-25 Thread Matt
his upgrade path is a screw if I've ever seen one, and they will never get another dime from me unless the management is forced out that made these choices.  Consider that to be a personal observation and preference, so the sky is definitely blue. Matt Matt Sanford Whiteman wrote:

Re: [Declude.Virus] Unknown virus warnings

2004-10-29 Thread Matt
Just a couple of thoughts...Maybe there is a limitation with strings that involve a space?  Alternatively, maybe there was no name reported by the scanner, and this was just simply the value that Declude logged. Matt Markus Gufler wrote: Now the F-prot update is arrived also here

Re: [Declude.Virus] strange sending problem to the same domain

2004-10-29 Thread Matt
ither has an MX or an A record.  Adding one of these will keep that test from failing. Matt Declude wrote: Hi John, this is the actual forwarding of one eMail of my customer. I guess I have to make a reverse DNS entry, don't you think ? Uwe Received: from lasthope [217.235.73.14] by irg

Re: [Declude.Virus] ClamWin

2004-11-10 Thread Matt
their job. Matt R. Scott Perry wrote: I did as Scott recommended and turned off prescan; but afterwards I noticed in the clam logs that ClamAV had caught phish previously with prescasn ON sooo why would you think that is so? eg - I guess what I'm asking is will ClamAV reliably anti-phish to

Re: [Declude.Virus] PRESCAN

2004-11-10 Thread Matt
ht soon become my only realistic choice. I'm going to guess that this might remove more than 25% of my system's capacity however, and that gets costly. Matt Greg Little wrote: We are on exactly the same track. If this kind of attack catches on, and the e-mail can look like almost anythin

Re: [Declude.Virus] PRESCAN

2004-11-10 Thread Matt
Bill Landry wrote: Matt, thanks for the analysis. I would very much like to know what the additional load is on your server by setting PRESCAN to OFF. Please do post your results if you test this. I have had PRESCAN OFF for a few weeks now, and have not noticed much of an increase on my

Re: [Declude.Virus] PRESCAN

2004-11-10 Thread Matt
al of other things (zombie spam) that similarly lack things that would trip PRESCAN.  So it is likely that more of the E-mail reaching your Declude Virus installation was being scanned prior to turning PRESCAN off than on mine. Matt Nick wrote: On 10 Nov 2004 at 16:33, Matt wrote: Matt - Woul

Re: [Declude.Virus] ClamAV scan time

2004-11-15 Thread Matt
s. I played around with daemon mode several months back, but there was an issue with the service not shutting down when you told it to, so I abandoned it for the time being. Maybe some others have information about how to do this properly now with newer builds. Matt John Carter wrote: Has a

Re: [Declude.Virus] ClamAV scan time

2004-11-16 Thread Matt
ubstantial relief.  If his other scanner isn't F-Prot, he should also think about switching because there is nothing as efficient as F-Prot, and it hardly uses any resources. Matt Terry Fritts wrote: ClamAV when not run in daemon mode is very slow in comparison to other virus scanners.

Re: [Declude.Virus] F-Prot 3.16 question.

2004-11-19 Thread Matt
t's own, but I could be wrong). http://www.aerasec.de/security/advisories/decompression-bomb-vulnerability.html Matt Panda Consulting S.A. Luis Alberto Arango wrote: Their release notes say "Among improvements introduced in version 3.16 of F-Prot Antivirus for Windows is a new

Re: [Declude.Virus] F-Prot 3.16 New Exit Codes

2004-11-21 Thread Matt
riggering exit code 9 on damaged files might be highly indicative of corrupt viruses, but it could also trip on many different forms of corrupt data, and could cause false positives. I wouldn't recommend adding these codes to Declude based on the release notes. Matt Goran Jovanovic wrote

Re: [Declude.Virus] HTML_BOFRA.B not getting caught by Declude Virus

2004-11-28 Thread Matt
anned.  That would be difficult to prove unless your Debug log has more information such as the file names created and the sizes of each file, and this exposed a flaw. Matt Bill Landry wrote: - Original Message - From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [Declude.Virus] Advice on Antivirus for System Protection

2004-12-01 Thread Matt
sure that you purchase over the Internet to save substantially. http://shopper-search.cnet.com/search?part=&q=Symantec+Corporate+Edition+Server+9.0 Matt Bill Green dfn Systems wrote: We've been using Declude/F-Prot to protect our email users, and Symantec Corp. Ed. to protect t

Re: [Declude.Virus] Advice on Antivirus for System Protection

2004-12-01 Thread Matt
I'm not an expert on Symantec licensing, but you can definitely buy the media online as well. http://shopper-search.cnet.com/search?part=&q=Symantec+Corporate+Edition+media+9.0 Matt Dean Lawrence wrote: Matt, Looking at the costs on cnet, I don't see any mention of if you

Re: [Declude.Virus] Advice on Antivirus for System Protection

2004-12-02 Thread Matt
Bill, Thanks a bunch for the kind words. Matt Bill Green dfn Systems wrote: Thanks Matt. I dare say there are probably many like myself that you don't hear from much, but we read the postings and learn a lot from you "regular posters". It is much appreciated. Bill Gr

Re: [Declude.Virus] Multiple responses in the report.txt

2004-12-10 Thread Matt
single scanner since it appears that they are more stable, though it is clear that any single scanner can have issues from time to time. Matt Colbeck, Andrew wrote: Thanks, Matt. I only went for the Lite version because this is a gateway scanner. The internal mail servers are indeed protected

Re: [Declude.Virus] Parallel processing

2004-12-10 Thread Matt
F-Prot. McAfee is of course a bit more responsible with their definitions, so if capacity isn't a problem, I would use that over ClamAV regardless. Matt Colbeck, Andrew wrote: I'm using the f-prot command line scanner, and the lines in the virus.cfg look like this: SCANFILEC:\

Re: [Declude.Virus] Multiple responses in the report.txt

2004-12-10 Thread Matt
loyees that tends to create more spam, and of course a general rise in spam rates.  Earlier this year I thought that zombie spam had gone through the roof, but in fact what was happening was isolated to the domains that started being dictio

Re: [Declude.Virus] SKIPEXT - PDF

2004-12-14 Thread Matt
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=mozclient&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=pdf+virus Matt Mark Smith wrote: Does anyone know of a reason why to scan PDF files? --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus

Re: [Declude.Virus] testvirus.org #17

2004-12-17 Thread Matt
een something exploit this vulnerability and maybe there's a detection issue created by the eicar code in this way? Matt William Stillwell wrote: fixed #16 PRESCAN OFF #17 goes thru, - Original Message - From: "William Stillwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[

Re: [Declude.Virus] testvirus.org #17

2004-12-17 Thread Matt
HTML with JavaScript will get scanned. Putting the eicar string in the middle of HTML will trigger your scanner if scanned, but I'm not convinced that it is exploitable in this format. Furthermore, turning PRESCAN OFF can result in +40% extra processor utilization on a system running two scanners.

Re: [Declude.Virus] Upgrade issues

2004-12-21 Thread Matt
understand that Declude has a well warranted concern about unlicensed usage of their software and improvements have to be made, however my hands can't be tied nor my or my customer's privacy violated in order to achieve this goal.  Hopefully that will not be the case here. Matt Colbeck, Andr

Re: [Declude.Virus] Upgrade issues

2004-12-21 Thread Matt
In which regard? - forging virus detection/MTLDB population (turned off by disabling forging virus detection with the "AUTOFORGE OFF" switch) - v1.8x installation (can't turn off, sends an E-mail, not sure what triggers it) - v2.0b installation (unconfirmed, but speculated). Matt

Re: [Declude.Virus] Upgrade issues

2004-12-22 Thread Matt
would include major changes like this in the release notes, otherwise it gives the appearance of being sneaky when it comes to such items. It is good that this is coming out now while in beta. Matt Info Wind wrote: Dear Greg, I think Declude will not make the mistake like Ipswitch. In the past

Re: [Declude.Virus] hlp attachments

2004-12-29 Thread Matt
ng HLP files is extremely uncommon and shouldn't be causing too many issues if you do. Matt Greg Little wrote: http://msmvps.com/trafton/ Just added HLP to my block list. (anyone what to vote, we just shut down the internet) Greg --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Findlay Internet] --

Re: [Declude.Virus] .tiff files

2005-01-26 Thread Matt
#x27;t know. Anyway, it seems like it would be your choice what to do with TIFF, though personally, I would not bother scanning it unless I was made aware of JPG viruses spreading and morphing into other extensions. Matt David Sullivan wrote: Does anyone know a reason why .tiff should not be ex

Re: [Declude.Virus] log question

2005-01-26 Thread Matt
are using IMail 8.1x, otherwise, try the Mail From address.  IMail should log the SMTP session and you should be able to piece that together and figure out what happened. Matt Thomas Doxtater wrote: Hi all,   We had some problems with a spam assassin box filling up over the past w

[Declude.Virus] McAfee and POP3 service crash

2005-02-07 Thread Matt
e else seen either one of these errors on their systems? Thanks, Matt -- = MailPure custom filters for Declude JunkMail Pro. http://www.mailpure.com/software/ =

Re: [Declude.Virus] McAfee and POP3 service crash

2005-02-07 Thread Matt
ke being able to turn that off, or at least remove files from the root might make a big performance difference when you have high volume. Thanks, Matt Colbeck, Andrew wrote: FWIW, I recently ran into a weirdness with McAfee; I use the daily dat download (engine plus dats), and have so for

Re: [Declude.Virus] McAfee and POP3 service crash

2005-02-07 Thread Matt
Title: Message Sounds like it's worth a test and some monitoring just to see if there is a measurable difference in mail scanning activities. Thanks for sharing. Matt Colbeck, Andrew wrote: I should have also mentioned that the script first makes a list of the files to

Re: [Declude.Virus] ClamAV?

2005-02-17 Thread Matt
If so, that's one to add to the Declude Virus manualScott? Matt Scott Fisher wrote: Try adding this to your command line: --max-ratio 0 The support compression ratio feature (--max-ratio). Overly compressed files may get falsely detected. I believe the 0 turns it off. it worke

Re: [Declude.Virus] Spam .com files being blocked.

2005-03-16 Thread Matt
an Bogus files should be treated as vulnerabilities are (historically), and not as banned extensions.  I'm running 1.82. Declude, will you please respond to the problem. Matt Darin Cox wrote: Yep. I just added SKIPIFEXT COM to my bannotify.eml yesterday. Darin.     -

Re: [Declude.Virus] Spam .com files being blocked.

2005-03-16 Thread Matt
bouncing when such a condition is detected. Matt Darin Cox wrote: Yep. I just added SKIPIFEXT COM to my bannotify.eml yesterday. Darin.     - Original Message - From: Scott Fisher To: Declude.Virus@declude.com Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 3:31 PM Subject:

Re: [Declude.Virus] Spam .com files being blocked.

2005-03-16 Thread Matt
with time as his spam campaign ramps up. Matt Scott Fisher wrote: I had to put SKIPIFEXT COM into my bannotify.eml file as a workaround. - Original Message - From: Matt To: Declude.Virus@declude.com Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 10:09 AM

Re: [Declude.Virus] Spam .com files being blocked.

2005-03-16 Thread Matt
it's just spam with a poor choice of name for an image file that is attached.     http://news.com.com/Zombie+PCs+being+sent+to+steal+IDs/2100-7349_3-5616202.html?tag=cd.top Matt Andy Schmidt wrote: Hm,   What version of Declude Virus are you using?   mine

Re: [Declude.Virus] Covad has a problem with our RBL

2005-03-31 Thread Matt
erver without additional configuration, and it will not use Covad's server for lookups unless you configure it to forward requests to their server (which you don't want to do). Setting up a DNS server is really your only legitimate option here. Matt Kevin Rogers wrote: I received the follow

Re: [Declude.Virus] to buy another virus-scanner ?

2005-04-01 Thread Matt
virus scanners with better management features such as Symantec. It all depends on your exact goals. Matt Uwe Degenhardt wrote: Hi list, I have the following problem: From time to time I got virusses on my eMail-Server's HD (IMail, 6.06). We have Declude and F-Prot 5.42 running on a Win 2000 S

Re: [Declude.Virus] F-Prot tagging zips as code 8

2005-04-14 Thread Matt
ate and I'm more than covered there. Matt John Tolmachoff (Lists) wrote: I sent an encrypted zip file out, changing the .zip to ._ip. F-prot scanned it and returned code 8, so Declude dutifly tagged it as infected. Virus Code 8 means suspect, correct? If this is what F-Prot is going to do, we n

Re: [Declude.Virus] F-Prot tagging zips as code 8

2005-04-14 Thread Matt
My fault for the misread, but I also addressed the issue regardless.  Remove VIRUS CODE 8 from your config if you don't want for this to happen. Matt John Tolmachoff (Lists) wrote: John, I know that you don't follow this logic, but banning regular zips is extreme and u

Re: [Declude.Virus] RAR followup

2005-04-14 Thread Matt
McAfee has been picking this up as "W32/[EMAIL PROTECTED]" since the first copy arrived at 3 p.m. EST. I assume from the name that this is a generic Bagle detection heuristic that pre-existed the virus. Matt John Carter wrote: Starting to see repeat names. Reminds me of viruses s

Re: [Declude.Virus] F-Prot tagging zips as code 8

2005-04-14 Thread Matt
on of the file itself as well as the renamed extension, though this appears to not be globally the case based on Andrew's tests that he shared. Matt John Tolmachoff (Lists) wrote: The thing is, it used to work as I have done that before. Renaming the file is only to

Re: [Declude.Virus] Another new virus

2005-04-15 Thread Matt
as a zero byte file with a zip extension.  The pattern that this virus uses results in an automatic hold on my system based on filters designed for zombies (for instance it forges the HELO to match the recipient domain), but most will also fail some DUL or other such tests.  I think Sniffer hit t

Re: [Declude.Virus] Another new virus

2005-04-18 Thread Matt
nism (a virus).  I'm confident that I can do this in a way that can capture most if not all zip viruses that have been in the wild in the last year though I am concerned about the potential of false positives and that will be the biggest problem in figuring out how to do this. Matt John Tolmachof

Re: [Declude.Virus] Another new virus

2005-04-19 Thread Matt
und with that a bit as well. Matt Gufler Markus wrote: Good idea to create some combo filter for small zip file attachments!   What about creating an external test that will count up small zip file attachments in a separate file and check if there are more then x suspicious zip

Re: [Declude.Virus] Another new virus

2005-04-19 Thread Matt
cy, it's just a matter of due diligence and if that doesn't work out then I will step it up a bit. Matt Markus Gufler wrote: Another idea, now with the ability to use customizable hold folders in v2   create a test that will move all messages containing a relative small zip

Re: [Declude.Virus] How to check VIRUSCODEs

2005-04-20 Thread Matt
a banned extension within it). Has anyone contacted F-Prot? Matt Goran Jovanovic wrote: This was originally a thread from the Junkmail list but I am moving it over to the virus list.   > Check your virus log and you may see some code 8 > errors in it. Adding viru

Re: [Declude.Virus] How to check VIRUSCODEs

2005-04-21 Thread Matt
John, If you don't mind sharing, what was the issue that you had last week with F-Prot throwing a code 8 on legitimate E-mail?  Or did I get that wrong? Thanks, Matt John Tolmachoff (Lists) wrote: From my understanding is that code 8 means the file is suspect but doe

Re: [Declude.Virus] How to check VIRUSCODEs

2005-04-21 Thread Matt
Title: Message I'm going to send a support request as well.  Maybe if others would do the same, it might have a better chance of getting attention. Matt Colbeck, Andrew wrote: The return code = 8 in F-Prot does mean "suspicious file" and not "virus".  I

Re: [Declude.Virus] How to check VIRUSCODEs

2005-04-21 Thread Matt
d to be many years behind us in terms of infrastructure.  SBL should not be listing DUL space. Matt Colbeck, Andrew wrote: The return code = 8 in F-Prot does mean "suspicious file" and not "virus".  In this case, they are not calling the executable Bagle, they are calling

Re: [Declude.Virus] How to check VIRUSCODEs

2005-04-21 Thread Matt
Title: Message Interesting! Matt Colbeck, Andrew wrote: Thanks for the insight, Matt.   We are used to seeing virus authors doing their seeding from the home-user cable, DSL and even dial-up pools, but these samples were definitely spammer web and email server blocks, and

[Declude.Virus] McAfee throwing errors

2005-04-25 Thread Matt
such errors. Is anyone else seeing this? Thanks, Matt -- = MailPure custom filters for Declude JunkMail Pro. http://www.mailpure.com/software/ = --- This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus mailing

Re: [Declude.Virus] McAfee throwing errors

2005-04-25 Thread Matt
27;t recall F-Prot ever throwing similar errors, though it isn't reliable enough on its own. Matt Scott Fisher wrote: I haven't seen anything obvious in a quick glance through today's logs. Do you have an example? Usually, I just force another download of the dats.

Re: [Declude.Virus] Adobe PDF embedded attachemt

2005-04-26 Thread Matt
things to detect what is likely a virus that may have passed the virus scanning. Matt Markus Gufler wrote: Although Adobe recommends enabling scanning all file types in order to scan a PDF (and ass/u/me'ing its embedded contents as well), an AV scanner is not currently going to b

[Declude.Virus] Revisiting the McAfee command line arguments

2005-04-26 Thread Matt
ristics. I'm not sure what FP's either one of these could cause, but some around here do prefer tighter controls despite the risk of more FP's and these might be desirable under those conditions.  I'm not sure how they differ. Any comments or experiences would be appreciat

Re: [Declude.Virus] Revisiting the McAfee command line arguments

2005-04-27 Thread Matt
urning PRESCAN OFF does result in a 50% increase in CPU utilization on my system when running both F-Prot and McAfee. Would you prefer the approach of including more qualifications for PRESCAN, or just switching it on and off per scanner? Matt Scott Fisher wrote: I'm using: SC

Re: [Declude.Virus] Revisiting the McAfee command line arguments

2005-04-27 Thread Matt
rted issues, so I'm going to assume that it is safe to use along with /NOBOOT. I'm still unsure about the heuristic stuff and the other switches.  It seems like using the heuristics are fairly common for those that have tweaked, but the other stuff doesn't seem to be used

Re: [Declude.Virus] Revisiting the McAfee command line arguments

2005-04-27 Thread Matt
are in one's config and that's fine with me.  I also think that the new release has turned the corner as far as bugs and changes are concerned. Matt Nick wrote: On 27 Apr 2005 at 8:55, Scott Fisher wrote: Thanks Scott - you have some switches I haven't seen ! Also - Declude

Re: [Declude.Virus] High CPU F-Prot

2005-04-27 Thread Matt
I saw F-Prot time out 3 times today in my logs, and I can't remember that ever happening before. McAfee didn't time out once, and that's usually the first to go. Maybe this explains the issue. I think it's time to so some performance monitoring to see what is up. M

Re: [Declude.Virus] High CPU F-Prot

2005-04-27 Thread Matt
u usage as most people has leaved the office some hours ago. Time to say good night for me too after haven't seen anything strange with f-prot on my server at the moment. |-) Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Matt

Re: [Declude.Virus] High CPU F-Prot

2005-04-27 Thread Matt
also the first time that I upgraded from 1.82, so I am watching my logs carefully.  Everything else seems hunky-dory.  If it's F-Prot that is causing the issue, I would imagine that it should disappear soon.  I would expect that others would also see some of the same. Matt Colbeck, And

Re: [Declude.Virus] High CPU F-Prot

2005-04-28 Thread Matt
file contains a report of an error??? I'm also guessing that this might explain the high CPU usage that Darrell was reporting for F-Prot yesterday, though these events are not very common on my system, only about twice an hour it would seem. Matt -- ==

Re: [Declude.Virus] High CPU F-Prot

2005-04-28 Thread Matt
nding the first entries.  Your entries should look the same or similar to mine.  The first entry for each such message that passes PRESCAN will start with the "MIME file" line.  It seems likely that you are experiencing the same thing. Matt Markus Gufler wrote: Matt, how

Re: [Declude.Virus] High CPU F-Prot

2005-04-28 Thread Matt
d and shouldn't otherwise be. Matt Nick wrote: On 28 Apr 2005 at 12:57, Matt wrote: Matt - If this becomes a real problem that you see and can monitor I would revert back to an older scan.exe to eliminate the issue of versions. This is a possible clue: " Could not fi

Re: [Declude.Virus] High CPU F-Prot

2005-04-28 Thread Matt
sorts of delays with the same characteristics.  Seems like a pretty serious and longer-term issue with F-Prot. Matt Markus Gufler wrote: No I've checked this already before: there is no appearance of the spool file name above this line. All I can see is something like  

Re: [Declude.Virus] High CPU F-Prot

2005-04-28 Thread Matt
y close attention to this.  I haven't yet contacted F-Prot because I'm busy at this moment and this was only just confirmed by someone else.  I would have to say that Scott would be quite useful in a situation like this because it appeared that he had a line of contact with them (Sco

Re: [Declude.Virus] High CPU F-Prot

2005-04-28 Thread Matt
Nick, I know.  I sometimes don't read carefully myself :) Matt Nick wrote: On 28 Apr 2005 at 13:50, Matt wrote: Sorry about being wrong on both counts.. but I was trying to help! -Nick Nick, Thanks for the reply, but I think you missed part of the discussion.This

Re: [Declude.Virus] High CPU F-Prot

2005-04-28 Thread Matt
1/2005 14:37:11 Qa2dce53900ee9f9d Scanned: CONTAINS A VIRUS [Prescan OK][MIME: 3 28098] 04/01/2005 14:37:11 Qa2dce53900ee9f9d From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [outgoing from 208.7.179.200] 04/01/2005 14:37:11 Qa2dce53900ee9f9d Subject: Re: Matt Colbeck, Andrew wrote: Ma

Re: [Declude.Virus] High CPU F-Prot

2005-04-28 Thread Matt
lpful. Matt Bill Landry wrote: Matt, I searched 2 weeks of logs on both of my servers (both of which run F-Prot and TrendMicro) and could only find 4 instances of "Could not find parse string Infection", and they were found on the server that is very heavily loaded.  I use the f

Re: [Declude.Virus] High CPU F-Prot

2005-04-28 Thread Matt
not only keeping more Declude processes open, but also increased CPU utilization.  Such a condition is ripe for exploiting, and I'm concerned that it has existed for so long without resolution, and maybe even detection... Matt Nick wrote: On 28 Apr 2005 at 16:44, Matt wrote: Hi Mat

[Declude.Virus] F-Prot missing viruses and is slow (renamed)

2005-04-28 Thread Matt
know if there is a different code being returned, or if F-Prot is just bugging out and not returning a code.  Maybe some of you can clear that part up. Matt -- = MailPure custom filters for Declude JunkMail Pro. http://www.mailpure.com/software/ =

Re: [Declude.Virus] F-Prot missing viruses and is slow (renamed)

2005-04-28 Thread Matt
h it seems related, but there also seems to be a different bug here with at least F-Prot but possibly also Declude. Matt -- = MailPure custom filters for Declude JunkMail Pro. http://www.mailpure.com/software/ =

Re: [Declude.Virus] F-Prot missing viruses and is slow (renamed)

2005-04-28 Thread Matt
Title: Message When running Andrew's script, I confirmed that fpcmd.exe hit about 35% during the ~10 seconds that it was running, which is totally uncharacteristic.  I have dual 3.06 Xeons which have hyperthreading turned on (shows up as 4 processors in Windows). Matt Darrell ([

Re: [Declude.Virus] F-Prot missing viruses and is slow (renamed)

2005-04-28 Thread Matt
hes a VIRUSCODE value. That leaves two real issues; 1) Time/CPU utilization with F-Prot, and 2) F-Prot continuing to report viruses with an exit code of 8. Matt Matt wrote: Colbeck, Andrew wrote: F-Prot is indeed returning an errorlevel of 8 on this, and it's definitely way out of lin

Re: [Declude.Virus] F-Prot missing viruses and is slow (renamed)

2005-04-29 Thread Matt
d the error code for each scanner.  Some scanners don't have parseable reports so when they are run in a multiple scanner config the new logging mechanism would be the only way to properly identify the result for that particular scanner. Matt Colbeck, Andrew wrote: Yes, dur

Re: [Declude.Virus] F-Prot missing viruses and is slow (renamed)

2005-04-29 Thread Matt
t please don't flame me for speaking my mind :)  I just want to compel methodical progress that benefits more than just myself. Matt Colbeck, Andrew wrote: Ding!   ... and that's why we've spent so much time on this.   The log will show that F-Prot return

Re: [Declude.Virus] Who is minding the store

2005-05-02 Thread Matt
In the very least, they should set up a page on the site for bugs and plans for when they will be resolved, or what is being done to resolve them (not everything is a bug in Declude of course). This would be very helpful if it was in fact timely. Matt R. Scott Perry wrote: If Scott would

Re: [Declude.Virus] F-Prot and HTML object exploit

2005-05-02 Thread Matt
Docket 2005 - 2 It looks like turning F-Prot off might be a good idea, or at least configuring it to not delete viruses. Matt John Tolmachoff (Lists) wrote: It appears that something has updated on F-Prot in the last hour. Now, a lot of outbound HTML e-mails are being flagged by F-Prot as

Re: [Declude.Virus] F-Prot and HTML object exploit

2005-05-02 Thread Matt
%20Shared\Stationery\"> I have no clue what the pattern is that it is hitting of course, but I assume that F-Prot just simply added an overbroad rule.  Most E-mail isn't constructed anything like what Microsoft Word creates. Matt Markus Gufler wrote: Question: Have you all run

Re: [Declude.Virus] F-Prot Alternative

2005-05-02 Thread Matt
less you want a full network installation. Matt Colbeck, Andrew wrote: Matt posted the authoritative roundup in a head to head comparison when he revamped his Declude Virus setup. Unless he chimes in here with an updated answer, the answer is somewhere in the archives. Andrew 8) -Original Me

Re: [Declude.Virus] SKIPIFFILE

2005-05-03 Thread Matt
SKIPIFEXT works with the banned file names. I believe that they must be the full file name however. For example: SKIPIFEXT DELETED0.TXT Matt John Tolmachoff (Lists) wrote: Is there a SKIPIFFILE similar to SKIPIFEXT for use in the BANNotify.eml file? John T eServices For You --- This E

Re: [Declude.Virus] w32/Sober.O virus

2005-05-03 Thread Matt
eficial when you run multiple virus scanners since more CPU can be saved this way. F-Prot is generally very efficient. Matt Panda Consulting S.A. Luis Alberto Arango wrote: FYI: Today we were flooded with a massive incoming emails containing Sober.O (f-prot) virus. We receive aprox 15% of viruses o

Re: [Declude.Virus] w32/Sober.O virus

2005-05-03 Thread Matt
traffic but others like myself are not.  Seems like you have a good handle on things now. Good luck, Matt Panda Consulting S.A. Luis Alberto Arango wrote: Matt and Dave: First of all thank you very much for answering my post. I am using fpcmd.exe Here is my config lines, in case I am

Re: [Declude.Virus] f-prot update script

2005-05-04 Thread Matt
update every 60 minutes offset 30 minutes from F-Prot. "C:\Program Files\FSI\F-Prot\FP-Updater\Updater.exe" /HIDDEN /INTERNET Matt   Darin Cox wrote: Hi Andrew, We have monitoring in place to know if any management process fails, so we'll know if this no longer works and we need

Re: [Declude.Virus] Incremental Release

2005-05-05 Thread Matt
AWESOME!!! :) Thanks, Matt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For the foreseeable future Declude will be following a different release strategy. Beginning today we will be issuing Incremental Releases on a regular basis. These releases should be regarded as Beta Code although they will be fully documented

Re: [Declude.Virus] vunerabilities

2005-05-05 Thread Matt
Outlook Long File Name Vulnerability     ALLOWVULNERABILITY    OLLONGFILENAME Matt Nick wrote: Does anyone know or have a list of the vulnerabilities that are a real problem and should be blocked or conversely the vulnerabilities that are not a virus/worm threat? Thanks! -Nick

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