cp 11 virus scanner

[shree]

hi,

I dont appear to have this option in my control panel;

in the cp user manual is states;

Virus Scanner (Need more information on this topic?)

cPanel 11 comes with a built-in virus scanner. When the page first loads, choose one of the following:

Scan Mail - This feature only scans your email accounts for potential viruses.

Scan Entire Home Directory - This feature only scans your home or web hosting account's root directory, ie. /home/ for potential viruses.

Scan Public Web Space - This feature only scans your /public_html/* and all the files and directories associated with the public web space for potential viruses.

Scan Public FTP Space - This feature only scans your public FTP space and associated accounts for potential viruses.


I cant see this in my cp..............am I missing something?

paul

[shadmego]

The virus scanner that comes with CPanel is intended to be used (at least to my knowledge) by the system administrator. This means that users will not have direct access to run manual virus scans on their individual accounts. Only the System Admins have access to this feature.

If you think about that, it makes sense. As virus scans eat up processor resources, a server with hundreds to thousands of accounts on it will take the processors to the point of overloading the server and shutting down websites, which would never be a good idea.

I feel confident the admins are doing their job and making sure the "virii" are staying off our servers ... now if we can only figure out how to get rid of bad, vulnerable code ....

~regards

[shree]

shadmego,

many thanks....it makes perfect sense.....

by the way, how could I verify my account (?) in order to purchase another domain with HM?

I cant really phone them from the UK, unless it is free.........................

[sjlplat]

now if we can only figure out how to get rid of bad, vulnerable code ....

I'm working on that. :D