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  1. Moodle
  2. MDL-67504

Allow virus checks to be retried if they returned an error state

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    • MOODLE_39_STABLE
    • MOODLE_39_STABLE
    • MDL-67504-Master
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      Setup email to receive Moodle notification

      1. Ensure that mailcatcher / mailhog / outgoing e-mail is configured

      Enable Clamav

      1. Navigate to Site administration -> Plugins -> Antivirus
      2. Enable clamav on Moodle site
      3. Specify an INVALID path to clamscan (This will cause error while scanning), for example: 

        /this/is/fake

      Enable retries

      # Go to Site Admin > Plugins > Antivirus > ClamAV Antivirus

      1. Set "Scanning Attempts" to "3"

      Upload file

      1. Upload any file to your private files

      Expected behaviour

      1. Admin users should receive one email with content: 

        Clamav scanning has tried 3 time(s).
        		 
         
        		 
        Path to ClamAV, /this/is/fake , is invalid.

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      Setup email to receive Moodle notification Ensure that mailcatcher / mailhog / outgoing e-mail is configured Enable Clamav Navigate to Site administration -> Plugins -> Antivirus Enable clamav on Moodle site Specify an INVALID path to clamscan (This will cause error while scanning), for example: /this/is/fake Enable retries # Go to Site Admin > Plugins > Antivirus > ClamAV Antivirus Set "Scanning Attempts" to "3" Upload file Upload any file to your private files Expected behaviour Admin users should receive one email with content: Clamav scanning has tried 3 time(s).   Path to ClamAV, /this/is/fake , is invalid.

    Description

      Sometimes a virus clamav socket doesn't repsond, which spams the entire list of admins with an email they can't do much about.

      Handling the email better is covered by MDL-66222. This issue is about making it more forgiving and just retrying the virus check that failed, maybe 2 or 3 times before giving up.

      Also extra debugging info in the email:

      1) size of the files (as well as it's path)

      2) it's sha1 hash

      3) anything else we have handy, eg it's mimetype and ideally it's original filename

      4) the user id who uploaded it

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          has a non-specific relationship to

          Improvement - An enhancement to an existing Moodle feature. MDL-66222 Add admin options for how to handle detected viruses

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Closed
          will help resolve

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents Moodle from functioning correctly. MDL-66580 Intermittent failures when running ClamAV using Unix domain socket

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Closed

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              Nguyen Nathan Nguyen
              brendanheywood Brendan Heywood
              Brendan Heywood Brendan Heywood
              Andrew Lyons Andrew Lyons
              Janelle Barcega Janelle Barcega
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                15/Jun/20

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