On Wednesday, December 24th, 2025 at 1:25 AM, Daniel Colquitt via clamav-users 
<[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> 
> > On 23 Dec 2025, at 17:04, Andrew Aitchison via clamav-users 
> > [email protected] wrote:
> > 
> > On Tue, 23 Dec 2025, Joel Esler via clamav-users wrote:
> > 
> > > There is a difference in between “not being maintained” and “still works”.
> > > If it still works, the date of the last commit is irrelevant
> > 
> > Mostly, but it does give a crude estimate of how long since anyone (with a 
> > white hat) looked for vulnerabilities.
> 
> 
> Which is a particular concern for things that run with root privileges…
> 
> — Dan_______________________________________________

Things that run with root privileges can do anything unchecked.

Regards,

Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
Targeted Individuals Singapore
GIMP = Government-Induced Medical Problems
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