Re: [Clamav-users] Non-Windows Malware

2008-12-09 Thread John Rudd
On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 19:25, Derek Currie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This list is incredible. Rudeness deluxe. Forgettable. I don't suppose you've considered that you're the common element in all of that. Probably not. Easier to blame the list (that had extremely few problems with rudeness

Re: [Clamav-users] Non-Windows Malware

2008-12-08 Thread Daniel J McDonald
On Sat, 2008-12-06 at 17:29 -0800, Dennis Peterson wrote: 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, Prove it. and an organization designated to

Re: [Clamav-users] Non-Windows Malware

2008-12-08 Thread Derek Currie
On Dec 8, 2008, at 12/08, 9:29 AM, Daniel J McDonald wrote: Again with the misinformation. There is, in fact, a naming standard, Prove it. Another person in my 'ignore' list. Get lost little troll. This list is incredible. Rudeness deluxe. Forgettable. === :-Derek Currie

Re: [Clamav-users] Non-Windows Malware

2008-12-07 Thread Spiro Harvey
What then is the benefit of Clamav on the Mac platform? same reason why it's on Linux.. to protect windows users. Yes, but I already acknowledged that, as found in the next sentence of my post: actually, that quote you refer to is from a completely separate post. One which I hadn't read

Re: [Clamav-users] Non-Windows Malware

2008-12-07 Thread Spiro Harvey
On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:24:28 -0500 Derek Currie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - A pile of provoking rubbish. 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 which you

Re: [Clamav-users] Non-Windows Malware

2008-12-07 Thread Derek Currie
On Dec 6, 2008, at 12/06,10:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In any case, I believe, mac users should come out of their self imposed complacence Totally fur shur. I've seen an infection site, and my pal at the local Apple Store has seen a Trojan OSX.RSPlug infection on a customer's

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

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

Re: [Clamav-users] Non-Windows Malware

2008-12-05 Thread Derek Currie
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Dec 4, 2008, at 12/04, 8:21 PM, I wrote: What then is the benefit of Clamav on the Mac platform? On Dec 4, 2008, at 12/04, 10:27 PM, Spiro Harvey wrote: same reason why it's on Linux.. to protect windows users. Yes, but I already

Re: [Clamav-users] Non-Windows Malware

2008-12-04 Thread Derek Currie
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 answer is YES, but only sort of.

Re: [Clamav-users] Non-Windows Malware

2008-12-04 Thread Spiro Harvey
What then is the benefit of Clamav on the Mac platform? same reason why it's on Linux.. to protect windows users. It's my experience that malware and virus scares for Macs are bogus. I work for an ISP and we have ClamAV and the sendmail milter running to scan all incoming and outgoing

Re: [Clamav-users] Non-Windows Malware

2008-12-04 Thread Dennis Peterson
Spiro Harvey wrote: No doubt some people run mail servers on OS-X that are delivering mail to windows users, so it is possible for those people to run clam. I used to build very nice headless Mac Mini mail MTA's for rapid deployment at corporate acquisitions. They work very well running