ClamWin Free Antivirus :: View topic - Scanning W2k Small Business Server Exchange-Server included

Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 7:14 pm

Hi,
what will happen when i scan on a w2k Exchange Server System ?
Is ClamWin destroying something like the Exchange-Database ? Question

thank you for your work and information

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Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 8:45 pm

Why would ClamWin do anything like that?

Are you having problems with ClamWin destroying database files or was it just a question? Backup the database before scanning and then compare the database files to make sure nothing happened to the scanned one if you are nervous.

Make sure you are not having the "Remove"-option selected, alternatively you could exclude the folder which contains your database files.

Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:15 pm

exchange db is a proprietary format (maybe jet like access) so I doubt clamav can detect it

Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 11:11 am

With ANY file level virus scanner you should exclude the working exchange directories. If a virus get's into your EDB files, the virus scanner may detect the virus pattern, and could delete your exchange databases.