Re: antivirus software - any suggestions?

Rainer Traut wrote:

> Hi,
> we are atm evaluating antivirus software on our mx gateway.
> It's running Domino 6.53.
>
> So far we have used Norton AV but the linux version (older - not on 
> par with windows) let's you update the definitions only once a day. 
> This is much too infrequent and has changed in the newer windows 
> version. So Norton is out.
> Then we have tested Trendmicro Scanmail 3.
> We have received the latest version for testing but it has failed 
> miserably and is in our opinion really dangerous.
> It finds only about 50% of viruses. We can reproduce it finds the same 
> virus in one mail, the next (excatly the same) email is ignored!
>
> Any suggestions?
> Thanks
> Rainer
>
Hello,

since the software quality is so substandard for Domino antivirus 
gateways I would strongly advise to ditch them all and go an entirely 
different route. Instead of paying lots of $$$ (or €€€) or whatever 
currency it is you will be forking over for a low quality product that 
is actually dangerous and prone to hang / crash / burn, install the 
antivirus SMTP gateway on the same box using a different port. amavis 
has been mentioned, I use amavis-new, which you can use with almost any 
anti virus software. Mine updates frequently during the day with no 
problems at all. Only just today W32.Sober.I@mm somehow made it tru :-( 
But that hole is plugged now, too.

My recommendation: amavisd-new with H+B EDV on Linux.  SuSE Linux, of 
course ;-)

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