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PRB: MailMarshal (SEG) or ECM is not reporting the name of the virus detected

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This article applies to:

  • Trustwave MailMarshal (SEG)
  • Trustwave ECM/MailMarshal Exchange

Symptoms:

  • SEG or ECM is not reporting the name of the virus detected
  • The notification email received does not report the name of the virus when a message is quarantined in the virus folder
  • Only the %VirusName% or {VirusName} parameter is displayed
  • Reports show the name of the virus scanning rule, not the virus name

Causes:

The %VirusName% or {VirusName} variable only works for the virus scanners that use the special DLL interface to SEG or ECM.

With current supported versions of SEG, and ECM/MailMarshal Exchange 7.X, the following scanners have a special DLL interface:

  • McAfee for Marshal
  • Sophos for Marshal 
  • Bitdefender for Marshal 

The following scanners formerly supported are no longer supported

  • Panda 
  • Kaspersky
  • Sophos (SAVI) (no 64-bit version is available)
  • Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine (Interface no longer supported)
Virus scanners that are run from the command line interface cannot return this variable. They only return a number to SEG that indicates whether the scan was successful or not.

Reporting on viruses by name

In Marshal Reporting Console, if you are using a DLL interface scanner you can report on viruses by name.

  1. For each virus block rule, ensure that the rule logs a classification. The Description field of the classification must contain the {VirusName} variable.
    • By default SEG or ECM includes a classification "Contains a Virus" that you can use for this purpose.
  2. In Reporting Group configuration (SEG/MailMarshal [Manager] properties > Reporting tab, or MailMarshal Exchange properties > Reporting Groups), include this classification in the Virus Scanning group.  
  3. To ensure that viruses are not counted more than once in reports, remove other classifications or folders from the Virus Scanning Reporting Group.

This article was previously published as:
NETIQKB29183
Marshal KB133

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