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Are virus scan results utilised? [RESOLVED]
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RE: Are virus scan results utilised? [RESOLVED]
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Originally posted by Macka
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Originally posted by CookieRevised

He is asking if WLM takes in account any output of the command line virus scanner and if WLM acts accordingly.
eg: disable the link in the conversation window and show one of the build-in virus scan warnings like "Virus scanning has determined that xxxx is unsafe."

WLM could use your own command line tool to scan files (as shown in the screenshot above). The only output that could come from this is in the form of a process exit code (Normally 0 means success and anything else than 0 means an error number). You don't see this code as text output (unless you write a small batch file and issue an echo command), it is something which is passed between processes.

Unfortunatly (and to my surprise) WLM does not use the exit code from such command line tools.

So, even if your scanners says that something is infected and it returns an exit code other than 0 indicating this, WLM does not display a warning, nor does it disable the link in the conversation window... Nothing happens...



Thank you!

That is exactly what I wanted to know. I also am surprised, it almost defeats the purpose of forcing users to select a virus scanner.

the virus scanner is supposed to delete the file itself :p
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Are virus scan results utilised? [RESOLVED] - by Macka on 07-30-2008 at 07:10 AM
RE: Are virus scan results utilised? - by Lukychan on 08-02-2008 at 11:11 AM
RE: Are virus scan results utilised? - by Macka on 08-02-2008 at 02:21 PM
RE: Are virus scan results utilised? - by foaly on 08-02-2008 at 02:44 PM
RE: Are virus scan results utilised? - by CookieRevised on 08-02-2008 at 02:49 PM
RE: RE: Are virus scan results utilised? - by Macka on 08-03-2008 at 02:47 AM
RE: Are virus scan results utilised? [RESOLVED] - by ShawnZ on 08-03-2008 at 09:03 AM
RE: RE: Are virus scan results utilised? [RESOLVED] - by Macka on 08-03-2008 at 09:10 AM
RE: Are virus scan results utilised? [RESOLVED] - by Spunky on 08-03-2008 at 03:48 PM
RE: Are virus scan results utilised? [RESOLVED] - by CookieRevised on 08-03-2008 at 11:31 PM


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