free antivirus scanner ?

2012-01-03 Thread Frank Bonnet
Hello I'm searching for a friend (who has very few money) an open source antivirus scanner for email server that works with Postfix. Any infos/links/advices welcome Thanks and happy new year.

Re: free antivirus scanner ?

2012-01-03 Thread Mason Loring Bliss
On Tue, Jan 03, 2012 at 04:26:57PM +0100, Frank Bonnet wrote: > I'm searching for a friend (who has very few money) an open source > antivirus scanner for email server that works with Postfix. You probably want this: http://www.clamav.net/lang/en/ -- Mason Loring Bliss ma...@bl

Re: free antivirus scanner ?

2012-01-03 Thread Duken Marga
You can also try amavis http://www.amavis.org/ and comine it with clamav. On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 10:31 PM, Mason Loring Bliss wrote: > On Tue, Jan 03, 2012 at 04:26:57PM +0100, Frank Bonnet wrote: > > > I'm searching for a friend (who has very few money) an open source > > antivirus scanner for

Re: free antivirus scanner ?

2012-01-03 Thread /dev/rob0
On Tuesday 03 January 2012 09:26:57 Frank Bonnet wrote: > I'm searching for a friend (who has very few money) an open source > antivirus scanner for email server that works with Postfix. > > Any infos/links/advices welcome One link, Google, would have easily found clamav. Info/advice: with post

Re: free antivirus scanner ?

2012-01-03 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2012-01-03 12:09 PM, /dev/rob0 wrote: Info/advice: with postscreen(8), sane HELO restrictions, and good DNSBLs, clamav is not going to get much use. Clamav, with the sane-security sigs, most certainly does block a lot of phising scams that would not otherwise be blocked. And most of post

Re: free antivirus scanner ?

2012-01-03 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 1/3/2012 11:09 AM, /dev/rob0 wrote: > On Tuesday 03 January 2012 09:26:57 Frank Bonnet wrote: >> I'm searching for a friend (who has very few money) an open source >> antivirus scanner for email server that works with Postfix. >> >> Any infos/links/advices welcome > > One link, Google, would h

Re: free antivirus scanner ?

2012-01-03 Thread /dev/rob0
On Tuesday 03 January 2012 11:28:09 Charles Marcus wrote: > On 2012-01-03 12:09 PM, /dev/rob0 wrote: > > Info/advice: with postscreen(8), sane HELO restrictions, and good > > DNSBLs, clamav is not going to get much use. > > Clamav, with the sane-security sigs, most certainly does block a > lot of

Re: free antivirus scanner ?

2012-01-03 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 03.01.2012 18:30, schrieb Stan Hoeppner: > To add to this sentiment, haven't most/all the viri/malware pushers > switched from an email delivery vector to drive-by downloads? I can't > recall the last time I saw a viral email attachment. our barracuda saw 2929 in the last year compared wi

Re: free antivirus scanner ?

2012-01-03 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* /dev/rob0 : > On Tuesday 03 January 2012 09:26:57 Frank Bonnet wrote: > > I'm searching for a friend (who has very few money) an open source > > antivirus scanner for email server that works with Postfix. > > > > Any infos/links/advices welcome > > One link, Google, would have easily found cla

Re: free antivirus scanner ?

2012-01-03 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2012-01-03 1:18 PM, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: Also blocking "unwanted" attachments and double extensions (with mime_header_checks or amavis) leaves only little stuff for clamav to eat. Care to share your header_checks for blocking 'double extensions' (if you're doing it with header checks)?

Re: free antivirus scanner ?

2012-01-03 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 03.01.2012 19:42, schrieb Charles Marcus: > On 2012-01-03 1:18 PM, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: >> Also blocking "unwanted" attachments and double extensions (with >> mime_header_checks or amavis) leaves only little stuff for clamav to >> eat. > > Care to share your header_checks for blocking 'do

Re: free antivirus scanner ?

2012-01-03 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Charles Marcus : > On 2012-01-03 1:18 PM, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: > >Also blocking "unwanted" attachments and double extensions (with > >mime_header_checks or amavis) leaves only little stuff for clamav to > >eat. > > Care to share your header_checks for blocking 'double extensions' (if > you'r

Re: free antivirus scanner ?

2012-01-03 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Ralf Hildebrandt : > * Charles Marcus : > > On 2012-01-03 1:18 PM, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: > > >Also blocking "unwanted" attachments and double extensions (with > > >mime_header_checks or amavis) leaves only little stuff for clamav to > > >eat. > > > > Care to share your header_checks for block

Re: free antivirus scanner ?

2012-01-03 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 1/3/2012 12:00 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > > Am 03.01.2012 18:30, schrieb Stan Hoeppner: > >> To add to this sentiment, haven't most/all the viri/malware pushers >> switched from an email delivery vector to drive-by downloads? I can't >> recall the last time I saw a viral email attachment.

Re: free antivirus scanner ?

2012-01-03 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 03.01.2012 21:21, schrieb Stan Hoeppner: > On 1/3/2012 12:00 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: >> >> >> Am 03.01.2012 18:30, schrieb Stan Hoeppner: >> >>> To add to this sentiment, haven't most/all the viri/malware pushers >>> switched from an email delivery vector to drive-by downloads? I can't >>> r

Re: free antivirus scanner ?

2012-01-03 Thread Frank Bonnet
OK thanks to you guys, I have enough information Le 03/01/2012 16:26, Frank Bonnet a écrit : Hello I'm searching for a friend (who has very few money) an open source antivirus scanner for email server that works with Postfix. Any infos/links/advices welcome Thanks and happy new year.

RE: free antivirus scanner ?

2012-01-04 Thread Gary Smith
> Am 03.01.2012 18:30, schrieb Stan Hoeppner: > > > To add to this sentiment, haven't most/all the viri/malware pushers > > switched from an email delivery vector to drive-by downloads? I can't > > recall the last time I saw a viral email attachment. > > our barracuda saw 2929 in the last year >

Fwd: free antivirus scanner ?

2012-01-04 Thread francis picabia
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Gary Smith wrote: >> Am 03.01.2012 18:30, schrieb Stan Hoeppner: >> >> > To add to this sentiment, haven't most/all the viri/malware pushers >> > switched from an email delivery vector to drive-by downloads?  I can't >> > recall the last time I saw a viral email at

Re: free antivirus scanner ?

2012-01-04 Thread Benny Pedersen
On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:26:57 +0100, Frank Bonnet wrote: I'm searching for a friend (who has very few money) an open source antivirus scanner for email server that works with Postfix. ClamAV hooks nicely into postfix with clammilter and smtp via clamsmtp

Re: free antivirus scanner ?

2012-01-04 Thread Miles Fidelman
Benny Pedersen wrote: On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:26:57 +0100, Frank Bonnet wrote: I'm searching for a friend (who has very few money) an open source antivirus scanner for email server that works with Postfix. ClamAV hooks nicely into postfix with clammilter and smtp via clamsmtp also wires in n

Re: free antivirus scanner ?

2012-01-04 Thread Benny Pedersen
On Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:31:55 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: Benny Pedersen wrote: On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:26:57 +0100, Frank Bonnet wrote: I'm searching for a friend (who has very few money) an open source antivirus scanner for email server that works with Postfix. ClamAV hooks nicely into post

Re: Fwd: free antivirus scanner ?

2012-01-05 Thread francis picabia
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Phill Macey wrote: > > On 05/01/2012 6:16 AM, "francis picabia" wrote: >> >> Connect: 11661 >> ... >> Reject total:   18525 > > Huh? You have more rejects than you had connects in the first place (every > rejected client must first connect before it can be rejected

Stan's List [was: free antivirus scanner ?]

2012-01-11 Thread email builder
>> I'm searching for a friend (who has very few money) an open source >> antivirus scanner for email server that works with Postfix. >> >> Any infos/links/advices  welcome > > One link, Google, would have easily found clamav. > > Info/advice: with postscreen(8), sane HELO restrictions, and

Re: Stan's List [was: free antivirus scanner ?]

2012-01-11 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2012-01-11 10:12 AM, email builder wrote: > So who is using Stan's list? What do people have to say about > it? What should I consider in regard to possibly implementing it? I am using it (for a while now)... This isn't really like a DNSBL, it simply rejects hosts that are 'spammy', meani

Re: Stan's List [was: free antivirus scanner ?]

2012-01-11 Thread Noel Jones
On 1/11/2012 9:12 AM, email builder wrote: > > >>> I'm searching for a friend (who has very few money) an open source >>> antivirus scanner for email server that works with Postfix. >>> >>> Any infos/links/advices welcome >> >> One link, Google, would have easily found clamav. >> >> Info/advi

Re: Stan's List [was: free antivirus scanner ?]

2012-01-11 Thread Mark Alan
On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:19:36 -0600, Noel Jones wrote: > I would classify it as low risk of false positives, and fairly safe. > (but not 100% safe; few rules are. YMMV and such.) I've had a > couple of FP's from idiots that run their business mail servers on a > cablemodem with a dynamic rDNS na

Re: Stan's List [was: free antivirus scanner ?]

2012-01-11 Thread /dev/rob0
On Wednesday 11 January 2012 12:52:42 Mark Alan wrote: > I would also be interesting to be able to use a similar mechanism > earlier, from the postscreen_access_list (after permit_mynetworks > but before going outside to fetch the postscreen_dnsbl_* stuff): > > postscreen_access_list = permit_myne

Re: Stan's List [was: free antivirus scanner ?]

2012-01-11 Thread Benny Pedersen
On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:12:15 -0800 (PST), email builder wrote: So who is using Stan's list? its blowing in the wind  What do people have to say about it? good What should I consider in regard to possibly implementing it? ask for paypal account to pay Stan

Re: Stan's List [was: free antivirus scanner ?]

2012-01-11 Thread email builder
>>> http://www.hardwarefreak.com/fqrdns.pcre <-- Stan's big list >> >> I've been curious about Stan's list of pcres.  It looks massive, >> and Stan >> seems to be a regular expert contributer here.  But I'm reluctant to >> start using a text file from a web site with nothing on it and only a

Re: Stan's List [was: free antivirus scanner ?]

2012-01-11 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 1/11/2012 3:56 PM, email builder wrote: http://www.hardwarefreak.com/fqrdns.pcre <-- Stan's big list > Noel, thank you for the thorough response. Thanks also to > all the other responders. I'm definitely convinced. :) > > And of course, thanks to Stan! Of all days for me to be away f

Re: Stan's List [was: free antivirus scanner ?]

2012-01-12 Thread Noel Jones
On 1/12/2012 1:11 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 1/11/2012 3:56 PM, email builder wrote: > http://www.hardwarefreak.com/fqrdns.pcre <-- Stan's big list > >> Noel, thank you for the thorough response. Thanks also to >> all the other responders. I'm definitely convinced. :) >> >> And of cours

Re: Stan's List [was: free antivirus scanner ?]

2012-01-13 Thread DTNX/NGMX Postmaster
On 11 jan. 2012, at 16:12, email builder wrote: >> http://www.hardwarefreak.com/fqrdns.pcre <-- Stan's big list > > So who is using Stan's list? What do people have to say about > it? What should I consider in regard to possibly implementing it? We use a modified version as a HELO blacklist. T

Re: Stan's List [was: free antivirus scanner ?]

2012-01-13 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2012-01-13 4:48 AM, DTNX/NGMX Postmaster wrote: We use a modified version as a HELO blacklist. This avoids the false positives we saw while testing it as a reverse DNS restriction but, because the use of the reverse hostname as the HELO string is a common pattern in spam attempts from comprom

Re: Stan's List [was: free antivirus scanner ?]

2012-01-13 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 1/13/2012 3:48 AM, DTNX/NGMX Postmaster wrote: > On 11 jan. 2012, at 16:12, email builder wrote: > >>> http://www.hardwarefreak.com/fqrdns.pcre <-- Stan's big list >> >> So who is using Stan's list? What do people have to say about >> it? What should I consider in regard to possibly implement

Re: Stan's List [was: free antivirus scanner ?]

2012-01-13 Thread email builder
>> We use a modified version as a HELO blacklist. This avoids the false >> positives we saw while testing it as a reverse DNS restriction but, >> because the use of the reverse hostname as the HELO string is a >> common pattern in spam attempts from compromised hosts, it's still >> very effec

Re: Stan's List [was: free antivirus scanner ?]

2012-01-13 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 1/13/2012 2:13 PM, email builder wrote: >>> We use a modified version as a HELO blacklist. This avoids the false >> Interesting... can you provide specific details on what you mean by >> 'modified version'? > > I second that. I'm feeling convinced enough to use it as it was > intended, BUT

Re: Stan's List [was: free antivirus scanner ?]

2012-01-14 Thread DTNX/NGMX Postmaster
On 13 jan. 2012, at 21:13, email builder wrote: >>> We use a modified version as a HELO blacklist. This avoids the false >>> positives we saw while testing it as a reverse DNS restriction but, >>> because the use of the reverse hostname as the HELO string is a >>> common pattern in spam attempts f

Re: Stan's List [was: free antivirus scanner ?]

2012-01-14 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2012-01-13 6:05 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 1/13/2012 2:13 PM, email builder wrote: We use a modified version as a HELO blacklist. This avoids the false Interesting... can you provide specific details on what you mean by 'modified version'? I second that. I'm feeling convinced enoug

Re: Stan's List [was: free antivirus scanner ?]

2012-01-14 Thread Noel Jones
On 1/14/2012 6:40 AM, Charles Marcus wrote: > I was more interested in what specific changes he made in order to > use it as a HELO blacklist, and how and why it avoided false > positives when it is used the way we have been using it > To use it as a HELO blacklist, you simply call it with chec

Re: Stan's List [was: free antivirus scanner ?]

2012-01-14 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 1/14/2012 6:40 AM, Charles Marcus wrote: > I was more interested in what specific changes he made in order to use > it as a HELO blacklist, and how and why it avoided false positives when > it is used the way we have been using it It wouldn't really require any changes. You could use it with

Re: Stan's List [was: free antivirus scanner ?]

2012-01-15 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2012-01-14 5:39 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 1/14/2012 6:40 AM, Charles Marcus wrote: I was more interested in what specific changes he made in order to use it as a HELO blacklist, and how and why it avoided false positives when it is used the way we have been using it It wouldn't really r