Avira antivir mailgate suite User Manual
Installation
Avira GmbH
Avira AntiVir MailGate
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Finally, you can start AntiVir MailGate:
/usr/lib/AntiVir/avmailgate start
4.4
Reinstalling and Uninstalling AntiVir
You can re-launch the
install
script at any time. There are several possible
situations:
•
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Install a new version (upgrade). The installation script checks the previous
version and installs the necessary new components.
The configuration settings already made are not overwritten, but inherited
(see
version and installs the necessary new components.
The configuration settings already made are not overwritten, but inherited
(see
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Later installation of some components.
•
Activating or deactivating the automatic start of Avira Updater or AntiVir
MailGate.
MailGate.
Reinstalling Avira AntiVir MailGate
The steps are the same in all cases:
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Open the directory where you unpacked AntiVir MailGate. For example:
cd /tmp/antivir-mailgate-prof-<version>/
X
Type:
./install
The installation script runs as described above.
Modified binaries will not run.
For example, if binaries are prelinked: Either disable prelinking or add
/usr/lib/AntiVir as an excluded prelink path in /etc/prelink.conf.
For example, if binaries are prelinked: Either disable prelinking or add
/usr/lib/AntiVir as an excluded prelink path in /etc/prelink.conf.
Starting with version 3.0.0, a new scanner backend is used. Old scanner specific
configuration options, that are not known to MailGate, must be moved from
/etc/avmailgate.conf
to the scanner specific configuration file
/etc/avmailgate-scanner.conf.
configuration options, that are not known to MailGate, must be moved from
/etc/avmailgate.conf
to the scanner specific configuration file
/etc/avmailgate-scanner.conf.
It is highly recommended that you perform an update after installation, to ensure up-to-
date protection. This can be done by running:
date protection. This can be done by running:
/usr/lib/AntiVir/avupdate --product=MailGate