The virus scan result...


The "virustest" test evaluates to true if the normalized result string matches the value.

The normalized result string starts with a numeric value in the range "0" (zero) through "5", with meanings summarized below:

Value Interpretation
0 message was not tested for virustest
1 message contains no known viruses
2 message contained a known virus that was replaced with harmless content
3 message contained a known virus that was "cured"
4 message possibly contains a known virus
5 message definitely contains a known virus