This is the answer: There is a small error in the command line for Sophos which comes with Virscan. It must read "-remove" and not "-removf". Now it runs.Heiko

I run Pegasus Mail (German version)on WinXP Home SP2 with Sophos Anti-Virus 7.0.6. I excluded the Pegasus Mail folder from being scanned on viruses and instead installed virscan 492. this, however, doesn’t work: if I open pmail virscan says to be active, if I scan an attachment though, a DOS window opens and seems to work, then I either receive the message "cannot display virfound.txt" (when using the German virscan.ini) or virfound.txt is displayed (when using the regular virscan.ini). I receive this with every scan and with files that definitely contain NO virus.

Here's my virscan.ini (regular version):

; Virscan version 4.92
;
[virscan]
YesMsg=Click YES if Virus scan was Ok
NoMsg=Click NO if Virus scan detected a problem
OkStatus=Virus scan ran OK
BadStatus=deleted by Virscan extension
Advice=C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE C:\PMAIL\Programs\VIRFOUND.TXT
Trace=Yes
denyextensions=VBS,PIF,SCR,BAT,EXE
SkipExtensions=pm$,tmp,txt,jpg,jpeg,gif,bmp,png
notify=
NotifyMsg=
WantYesNo=False
CheckFN=True
AVOK=0
EncZip=Deny
DenyWmf=True
CleanMsg=
ResultFile=
EmptyResultFile=
SpamMask=
SpamTest=
;
; For McAfee Viruscan code something like:
; CmdLine=C:\Scan32.exe /all /nosplash /sub /uiexonly "%f"
;
; To obtain McAfee commandline goto URL:
; http://www.mcafeeb2b.com/products/virusscan-cl/default-virusscan-cl.asp
;
; For Norton Anti-Virus, code something like:
; CmdLine=c:\program files\norton\navw32.exe "%f" /DOALLFILES
;
; For Norton Corporate Anti-Virus, code something like:
; CmdLine=c:\program files\norton\navdx.exe "%f" /M
;
; For Norton commandline (needs "!f" DOS marker) goto URL:
; http://www.symantec.com/nav/navc.html
; or see: on CD in Prodmgmt\Nosupport\Tools\Vpscan
; Cmdline=c:\vpscan.exe /USER "%f"
; To config see:
; http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/docid/2002121010445048
;
; For AVG V6 scanner something like:
; CmdLine=c:\grisoft\avg6\Avgse.exe /SCAN "!f"
; or for AVG V7
; CmdLine=c:\progra~\grisoft\avgfre~\avgw.exe /se /quit "%f"
; or For AVG 7.5
; cmdline=c:\progra~1\grisoft\avg free\avgscan.exe "!F" /SE /ARC /NOBOOT /NOMEM
;
; For Kapersky scanner V6 (http://www.kapersky.com) (runs a Dos sub-app) something like:
; CmdLine=c:\Antivir\Avpdos32.exe /RA=c:\virscan.err "!f"
;
; For F-PROT (DOS)
; CmdLine=c:\fprot\f-prot.exe "!f" /NOBOOT /NOMEM /ARCHIVE /BEEP /LIST /REPORT=C:\VIRSCAN.ERR
;
; Trend Micro (Corporate) Needs AVOK=4
; For Trend Micro. Make sure Vscantm.exe is in the directory. Download Sysclean.com from
; Trend Micro, run it, and rename dllname Vscantm.bin as Vscantm.exe and copy into ;
; directory.You may also need to copy bpmnt.dll
; cmdline=c:\vscantm.exe /nb /nm /nc /nz /lr=c:\virscan.err /i "%f"
;
; For AntiVir 9x Personal
; CmdLine : c:\avpersonal\avgnt.exe -z -noboot -nombr -rfC:\virscan.err "%F"
;
; For Sophos
CmdLine="C:\Programme\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAV32CLI.EXE" "%f" -di -all -removf -archive -loopback -mime -tnef -noc -p=c:\virscan.err
;
; For CLAMAV (fix up location of Database in --database below)
; cmdline=c:\progra~\clamwin\bin\clamscan.exe --database=C:\docume~\userid\.clamwin\db --log=c:\virscan.err "%f"

Can someone help?

Heiko

I recommend that you download and use AntiVir Anti-Virus/ Anti-Spyware, it does a better job at cleaning and detecting viruses.  This antivirus program you are using, I havent heard of and may be in-comatiable with the verision of PMail.

since the basic commandline for sophos comes with virscan.ini, i don't think the antivirus-programme is the problem. or does virscan run on your computer with the same ini-file? sophos is one of the best products on the market. the reason why you haven't heard of it is most likely that sophos doesn't sell to individuals.
heiko