My experience: vmdk-file can't be properly scanned without accounting for the vmdk base of the file. They are not files Clamav understands. Just as zip files need special handling, vmdk files need special handling. VMware has published the specs. I don't have the time/smarts to process vmdk files, sorry.
On Fri, 22 Dec 2006, Stephan Brauss wrote: > On my X86_64 SuSE 10.1 system, equipped with 4GB main memory, I have > installed the "standard" rpm > clamav-0.88.7-1.2.x84_64.rpm that can be downloaded from ftp.suse.com. When I > scan a 3.5GB file > (in fact it is a VMWARE vmdk-file and not an archive) with clamd/clamdscan, > all seems to run ok > until a certain point. From then on, the resident size clamd has allocated > (on my system about 26M; > the 'RES' column shown by 'top') starts to rise rapidly up to more than the > size of the file to scan. > I then have to stop clamd, as the system starts swapping. > > It takes several minutes until the resident size starts to rise. When I look > at the amount of data > cached by the filesystem, which rises to about the size of the file, it seems > that clamd has > allready scanned the file completely, or at least most of it, and the problem > starts thereafter. > > I checked it also with a file less than 2GB. The resident size clamd has > allocated suddenly starts > climbing from 26MB up to about 2.9GB. As I have 4GB of memory, the system > does not start swapping, > and clamdscan later reports that the scan has completed. But the resident > size remains at 2.9GB > and does not fall back to 26M. > > Maybe someone has a "clean" x86_64 installation downloaded from sourceforge > and could run a test > with such a large file to see if my problem is reproducible? > > Stephan > _______________________________________________ > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net > http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html > You have to be BRAVE to grow OLD. There are no old CARELESS pilots or electricians. _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
