Thanks Christos, Found my error in spelling mistake for downloads instead of download. but how come eicar.com and eicar.com.txt dint had any problem. Problem was only for compress files i guess coz i requires to download and scan One more question Is it possible to scan (download) any https request //Remy On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 23:20:17 +0200, Christos Tsantilas <christos@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Remy, > > OK so squid use the ICAP server and probably the squid part of your > configuration is OK. > > Please look on both squid logs and icap server logs for error messages. > Should exist something in the logs which explains the reason of the error. > > Also look in your c-icap configuration. For example, has the c-icap > server write access to all directories in which is trying to write? The > /var/tmp and /tmp/download/ directories in your case. (Also c-icap has > its own mailing list probably you should ask here......) > > -- > Christos > > malmeida@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> Thanks Christos, >> >> after purging it form squid cache it work fine able to scan. >> But now another problem when I try to download a zip virus file >> http://www.eicar.org/download/eicar_com.zip >> >> ERROR in the browser >> The following error was encountered while trying to retrieve the URL: >> http://www.eicar.org/download/eicar_com.zip >> >> ICAP protocol error. >> >> The system returned: [No Error] >> >> This means that some aspect of the ICAP communication failed. >> >> Some possible problems are: >> >> * >> >> The ICAP server is not reachable. >> * >> >> An Illegal response was received from the ICAP server. >> >> >> //Remy >> >>