Re: [Clamav-users] Memory usage for clamd is huge

2008-04-01 Thread SM
At 13:04 31-03-2008, Dennis Peterson wrote: How are able to determine that? There's nothing in the connection information or in the message that identifies the source OS, hardware, or MTA. Everything in a message can be spoofed as can the sending Passive OS fingerprinting. That only works if the

[Clamav-users] libclamav error Input/Output error

2008-04-01 Thread Luis Miguel R.
Hi all, some days ago I installed the latest HAVP compiled with libclamav 0.92.1, apparently it works, but sporadically I get this errors on logs: SCANERROR ClamAV: Unable to create temporary directory SCANERROR ClamAV: Input/Output error. I know this are libclamav errors but doesnt know how to

[Clamav-users] LibClamAV Warning

2008-04-01 Thread Mishustin Alexey
Hello, what's about my question? (I wrote 23 March) After the full system scan I've got console reports as follows: LibClamAV Warning: cli_utf16toascii: length 2 What does it mean? Is this a bug? How to fix the problem? Clamav version: 0.92.1 LibClamAV version: 0.92.1~dfsg-1volatile1 OS:

Re: [Clamav-users] Non-Windoze Viruses (was Re: Memory usage for clamd is huge)

2008-04-01 Thread David F. Skoll
Steve Holdoway wrote: Well, ignoring the ensuing flame war as to whether a worm is a virus ( it certainly is in this context! ), the first ever virus was unix based. Actually, I believe CHRISTMA EXEC predated the Morris worm, and that was on IBM System/370.

Re: [Clamav-users] LibClamAV Warning

2008-04-01 Thread kwijibo
Mishustin Alexey wrote: Hello, what's about my question? (I wrote 23 March) After the full system scan I've got console reports as follows: LibClamAV Warning: cli_utf16toascii: length 2 What does it mean? Is this a bug? How to fix the problem? I am no expert but if I had to guess I

[Clamav-users] Zip module failure ERROR

2008-04-01 Thread David Cunningham
Anyone hear what is up with this issue? I used to get it maybe 6 to a dozen times per day. Now, I am at almost that many an hour. Is this a known bug? Is it a known configuration issue? Anyone? Dave ___ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV

[Clamav-users] MailFollowURLs option not working?

2008-04-01 Thread Tomi Hakala
Hello, Is MailFollowURLs option working for anyone? I'm testing it with 0.92.1 and 0.93rc1 (on Linux and on Solaris) and either one is not scanning URLs found from mails, anti-phishing code is detecting URLs just fine. Below is boolean options from my 0.92.1 config. LogTime yes LogSyslog yes

Re: [Clamav-users] Non-Windoze Viruses (was Re: Memory usage for clamd is huge)

2008-04-01 Thread David F. Skoll
Jan-Pieter Cornet wrote: Why go through all the trouble of creating a linux virus, when there are tons of readily exploitable php out there? Like I said, because of the publicity value. There are some virus writers out there who do it for the fame. Regards, David.

Re: [Clamav-users] Non-Windoze Viruses (was Re: Memory usage for clamd is huge)

2008-04-01 Thread Jan-Pieter Cornet
On Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 08:38:26AM -0400, David F. Skoll wrote: I am absolutely certain that, once there's a market for it, non-windows viruses will appear. There *is* already a huge market for a Linux virus. The market is different from the Windows market. In the Windows world, the

Re: [Clamav-users] libclamav error Input/Output error

2008-04-01 Thread Henrik K
On Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 11:43:27AM +0200, Luis Miguel R. wrote: Hi all, some days ago I installed the latest HAVP compiled with libclamav 0.92.1, apparently it works, but sporadically I get this errors on logs: SCANERROR ClamAV: Unable to create temporary directory SCANERROR ClamAV:

Re: [Clamav-users] Memory usage for clamd is huge

2008-04-01 Thread Eric Rostetter
Quoting Joe Sloan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: It's rather simple. Every single one of the viruses we looked at has been a windows executable, therefore could not have possibly infected a non windows platform. You've never seen a macro virus??? What OS they execute on isn't really the point. The

Re: [Clamav-users] Non-Windoze Viruses (was Re: Memory usage for clamd is huge)

2008-04-01 Thread Gerard
On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:47:39 -0400 David F. Skoll [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jan-Pieter Cornet wrote: Why go through all the trouble of creating a linux virus, when there are tons of readily exploitable php out there? Like I said, because of the publicity value. There are some virus

[Clamav-users] Macro viruses (was Re: Memory usage for clamd is huge)

2008-04-01 Thread David F. Skoll
Eric Rostetter wrote: You've never seen a macro virus??? Not lately. Have you? They seem to have fallen out of favour. Regards, David. ___ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net

Re: [Clamav-users] LibClamAV Warning

2008-04-01 Thread Török Edwin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mishustin Alexey wrote: Hello, what's about my question? (I wrote 23 March) After the full system scan I've got console reports as follows: LibClamAV Warning: cli_utf16toascii: length 2 What does it mean? Is this a bug? How to fix the problem? I am

Re: [Clamav-users] Zip module failure ERROR

2008-04-01 Thread Török Edwin
David Cunningham wrote: Anyone hear what is up with this issue? I used to get it maybe 6 to a dozen times per day. Now, I am at almost that many an hour. Is this a known bug? Is it a known configuration issue? Anyone? Which ClamAV version are you using? Does 'ScanPDF no' in

Re: [Clamav-users] General Discussion on malware, spam, and (thanks for all the) phish ; WAS Re: Memory usage for clamd is huge

2008-04-01 Thread G.W. Haywood
Hi there, Short subject lines are acceptable. :) On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 Randal Hicks wrote: Would anyone else care to share their statistics or how they are protecting themselves (and thereby others)? Not just mail, but other vectors as well. Maybe an experience you had where you learned a

Re: [Clamav-users] Macro viruses (was Re: Memory usage for clamd is huge)

2008-04-01 Thread Eric Rostetter
Quoting David F. Skoll [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Eric Rostetter wrote: You've never seen a macro virus??? Not lately. Have you? They seem to have fallen out of favour. Last one I know of was May 2007, but I don't really watch for them so there may or may not have been any since then that I just

Re: [Clamav-users] MailFollowURLs option not working?

2008-04-01 Thread Török Edwin
Tomi Hakala wrote: Hello, Is MailFollowURLs option working for anyone? I'm testing it with 0.92.1 and 0.93rc1 (on Linux and on Solaris) and either one is not scanning URLs found from mails, anti-phishing code is detecting URLs just fine. Please open a bugreport and attach a sample.

Re: [Clamav-users] Zip module failure ERROR

2008-04-01 Thread Jonathan Armitage
David Cunningham wrote: Anyone hear what is up with this issue? I used to get it maybe 6 to a dozen times per day. Now, I am at almost that many an hour. At one time I used to get it twice a day, exactly. On investigation it turned out to be an attachment which was a pdf file written in

Re: [Clamav-users] Non-Windoze Viruses (was Re: Memory usage for clamd is huge)

2008-04-01 Thread Arthur Sherman
I've had to repair or replace a number of Contact Us and feedback type php scripts that were incredibly easy to exploit and in fact actually were exploited. More than once one of my own systems was spewing spam from badly crafted web pages. Many of these would never be found except for

[Clamav-users] Re. Non-Windoze Viruses

2008-04-01 Thread sydz
Seemingly, it may not be directly related to this forum but the debate going on in tidbits should be of interest to posters here who by the look of it are in the thick of it all and probably experts in the field. They should look especially at item 23 by Randy B Singer of March 31, 2008.