René Berber wrote:
Tomasz Kojm wrote:

On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 14:10:35 -0500
René Berber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:



does not enable detecting them.  Why? because you have to uncomment
DisableDefaultScanOptions to enable or disable the other options; even
if you have DetectBrokenExecutables uncommented the default value of
disabled is in effect...


This is wrong.


From version 0.83 clamd.conf man page:

DisableDefaultScanOptions By default clamd uses scan options recommended by lib- clamav. This option disables recommended options and allows you to enable selected options. DO NOT ENABLE IT unless you know what you are doing. Default: disabled

       ScanPE PE stands for Portable Executable - it's  an  executable
              file format used in all 32-bit versions of Windows oper-
              ating systems. This option allows ClamAV  to  perform  a
              deeper  analysis  of  executable  files  and  it's  also
              required for decompression of popular executable packers
              such as UPX.
              Default: enabled

       DetectBrokenExecutables
              With  this  option  clamd will try to detect broken exe-
              cutables and mark them as Broken.Executable.
              Default: disabled

What is wrong?  To enable detecting broken executables you have to change two
options in the clamd.conf file (not only one as shown in the posted options),
one is uncommenting DisableDefaultScanOptions, the second is uncommenting
DetectBrokenExecutables.

What is wrong? Your explanation is wrong, thats what. You only have to uncomment DetectBrokenExecutables to enable the option. The default is disabled. To enable it, uncomment it.


You are thinking about options that are by default enabled but commented out. To disable these options, this is where you must enable DisableDefaultScanOptions. Your thinking is correct, but youre applying it to the wrong circumstance.

-Jim

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