Avast

Linux Install and Test Log

On Linux (implemented as av_avast vpipe scanner that interfaces to the Avast libraries):

1. Download the Alwil Software Avast linux distribution, uncompress and run ./mkinstall.sh. This may take a while as it downloads the latest virus definition database. Ignore the license related warning, this will be supplied by av_avast.
   

   [root@linux root]# wget ftp://netwinsite.com/pub/surgemail/util/libavastengine-4.7.5-i586.tar.gz
   [root@linux root]# ls -l libavastengine-4.7.5-i586.tar.gz
   -rw-r--r--    1 root     root     31836499 Mar 15 18:54 libavastengine-4.7.5-i586.tar.gz
   [root@linux root]# tar -xzf libavastengine-4.7.5-i586.tar.gz
   [root@linux root]# cd libavastengine-4.7.5-i586
   [root@linux libavastengine-4.7.5-i586]# ./mkinstall.sh
   Copyright(C) 2003-2009 ALWIL Software.  All rights reserved.
   the avast! engine for Linux will be installed on this machine
   To install 'libavastengine-4.so.7.0.5' library now, press ENTER.
   ....
   The libavastengine-4.so.7.0.5 library installation complete.
   ***NOTE***: the installation package does not contain a license file.
   Any program using this library will not work until you will have a valid
   license file (with either a DEMO or a RELEASE license).
   [root@linux libavastengine-4.7.5-i586]#
   

2. Download NetWin av_avast interfacing binary, uncompress and copy to surgemail directory.

   [root@linux root]# wget ftp://netwinsite.com/pub/surgemail/util/av_avast_1.4.tgz
   [root@linux root]# ls -l av_avast_1.4.tgz
   -rw-r--r--    1 root     root       101458 Mar 15 18:40 av_avast_1.4.tgz
   [root@linux root]# tar -xzf av_avast_1.4.tgz
   [root@linux root]# cp av_avast /usr/local/surgemail
   

3. Check that you have avast running (and have the library prerequisites) by running "./av_avast -test" in the SurgeMail directory

   [root@linux root]# cd /usr/local/surgemail
   [root@linux surgemail]# ./av_avast -test
   This test will:
    - dynamically load avast libraries (checking dependencies)
    - attempt to scan an infected message
    - attempt to scan a clean message...
   Loading avast libraries
   Scanning infected email : SUCCESS - Virus detected (EICAR Test-NOT virus!!!)
   Scanning clean email    : SUCCESS - Message is clean
   Avast installed and working :-)
   [root@linux surgemail]#
   

4. Enable surgemail integration by adding to surgemail.ini
   - g_virus_filter cmd="av_avast" type=""
   note: if using admin interface you would set "Filter command line" to "av_avast"
   - g_virus_avast "true"
   and optionally
   - g_virus_avast_hour "0,6,12,18"
5. Restart surgemail
6. Confirm that it is scanning mail and blocking viruses (by sending in eicar.com as an attachment, or with our test page: NetWin SMTP Virus Test