On Saturday 15 May 2004 2:31 pm, Gavin Henry wrote: > > On Saturday 15 May 2004 10:52 am, Gavin Henry wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > > > I have noticed on a Windows systems, that a 3 day out of date > > > Stinger.exe scanner from McAffee seems to find more viruses/trojans > > > etc. than an up two date calmav scanner, i.e. Clamwin. > > > > Give us some examples of the particular viruses/trojans you are > > talking about. > > > > If you submit them as new samples on the ClamAV website, does it > > tell you they're already detected - if not, then you may have > > contributed to a new signature. > > Will do on Monday, thanks. > > How do I get the signature though?
You just submit the sample (through the form which is linked from http://www.clamav.net). Someone elwse will look at what you submit and create a signature if it turns out to be a new virus / worm. You will then get the signature, like everyone else, with the next update of the database. Regards, Antony. -- Late in 1972 President Richard Nixon announced that the rate of increase of inflation was decreasing. This was the first time a sitting president used a third derivative to advance his case for re-election. - Hugo Rossi, Notices of the American Mathematical Society Please reply to the list; please don't CC me. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: SourceForge.net Broadband Sign-up now for SourceForge Broadband and get the fastest 6.0/768 connection for only $19.95/mo for the first 3 months! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=2562&alloc_id=6184&op=click _______________________________________________ Clamav-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clamav-users
