Re: [Clamav-users] How to handle cli_readn and other errors while running clamscan -r / v 0.94.2 on Ubuntu 8.10 ?

2008-12-06 Thread Török Edwin
On 2008-12-06 00:49, Aleksey Tsalolikhin wrote: Hi. I just got Ubuntu 8.10 (32-bit) with the Ubuntu ClamAV package (v0.94.2). I am getting lots of errors while running sudo clamscan -r / Errors like WARNING: Can't open file /sys/bus/scsi/drivers/sr/bind LibClamAV Error:

Re: [Clamav-users] Non-Windows Malware

2008-12-06 Thread G.W. Haywood
Hi there, On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 a self-confessed ClamAV Newbie wrote: I has been remarkably hard to find what malware are in Clamav's Definitions List. This is an Open Source project. Have you considered sending a patch for the documentation? http://www.clamav.net/doc/latest/ At last having

[Clamav-users] ClamAV 0.94.2 memory leak?

2008-12-06 Thread Tomi Hakala
Hello, clamd process on my Solaris 10 x86 box grows up to 2 GB just in few days, this seems a bit excessive for me. At first clamd was compiled in 32 bit mode with gcc but few days back I compiled it in 64 bit just to see if it had any effect, it did not. Anyone else seeing such behaviour? Here

Re: [Clamav-users] ClamAV 0.94.2 memory leak?

2008-12-06 Thread shuttlebox
On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Tomi Hakala [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, clamd process on my Solaris 10 x86 box grows up to 2 GB just in few days, this seems a bit excessive for me. At first clamd was compiled in 32 bit mode with gcc but few days back I compiled it in 64 bit just to see

Re: [Clamav-users] ClamAV 0.94.2 memory leak?

2008-12-06 Thread Török Edwin
On 2008-12-06 13:59, shuttlebox wrote: On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Tomi Hakala [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, clamd process on my Solaris 10 x86 box grows up to 2 GB just in few days, this seems a bit excessive for me. At first clamd was compiled in 32 bit mode with gcc but few

Re: [Clamav-users] Non-Windows Malware

2008-12-06 Thread Derek Currie
On Dec 6, 2008, at 12/06, 6:38 AM, G.W. Haywood wrote: - A pile of provoking rubbish. Do your homework first I obviously know more about the subject than you, and have been doing all the work to change the situation. Meanwhile, do please enjoy sitting back and making fun of the world to

Re: [Clamav-users] Non-Windows Malware

2008-12-06 Thread Dennis Peterson
Derek Currie wrote: Greetings folks, This is a reply to a thread started way back in April of 2008 (when it used to have the unfortunate subject line Non-Windoze Viruses). Concerning the controversy about whether Clamav has definitions for Mac OS X malware, I managed to find the

Re: [Clamav-users] Non-Windows Malware

2008-12-06 Thread Derek Currie
On Dec 6, 2008, at 12/06, 7:26 PM, Dennis Peterson wrote: There is no naming standard. Again with the misinformation. There is, in fact, a naming standard, and an organization designated to provide those names. Whether an anti-malware provider chooses to use the official name is up to

Re: [Clamav-users] Non-Windows Malware

2008-12-06 Thread Dennis Peterson
Derek Currie wrote: On Dec 6, 2008, at 12/06, 7:26 PM, Dennis Peterson wrote: There is no naming standard. Again with the misinformation. There is, in fact, a naming standard, and an organization designated to provide those names. Whether an anti-malware provider chooses to use the

Re: [Clamav-users] Non-Windows Malware

2008-12-06 Thread sydz
I have been meaning to write about it and the post from Derek Currie [EMAIL PROTECTED] and the posts it has generated on the subject is very welcome indeed. One of the causes that Mac malware is not in the clamAV database has been identified by Derek C: This most likely is because Clamav is

Re: [Clamav-users] Non-Windows Malware

2008-12-06 Thread Dennis Peterson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In any case, I believe, mac users should come out of their self imposed complacence and should be encouraged to upload the threats that they find to clamAV database and that to happen Macintosh clamAV users should spread the word on all Macintosh forums that they