What are the recommended FSAV settings for use with LISTSERV?
For Windows: 1. Real Time protection enabled (mandatory) 2. Action: “Delete Automatically” (strongly recommended) 3. Scanning Options: “Files with these extensions” 4. Scan inside compressed files: “checked” 5. LISTSERV and/or LSMTP spool directories must be exempted from scanning. 6. *.mail, *.mai or *.job files must be exempted from scanning. (Technically speaking, if you apply point 5, you should not have to explicitly exempt any LISTSERV or LSMTP file types.) 7. We do not recommend (nor do F-Secure recommend) that the “Scanning Options” box titled “All files” be checked. This can lead to serious performance degradation and is strongly discouraged. F-Secure 7.00 and later (Windows only) no longer uses the Backweb product to download virus signature updates, but rather has an integrated Automatic Update Agent that handles the automated signature updates. For Linux FSAV 4.65 (earlier supported version), the installed defaults are sufficient. To obtain regular automated updates of the
