Are MP3 files ignored because it is impossible that MP3 software ever has buffer overflows or other security flaws???
Or is it because MP3 files are compressed (i.e., random-looking) and thus may cause false positives? What about all the other compressed or encrypted file types which might do the same? In other words, I don't understand why they all would be ignored. On Mon, 17 Jul 2017 17:22:52 -0400 Steven Morgan <smor...@sourcefire.com> wrote: > Rosika, > > The reason the MP3 file is not scanned is because the file type > signatures for MP3 direct that they are ignored. Particularly: > > "0:0:494433:MP3:CL_TYPE_ANY:CL_TYPE_IGNORED" > and > "0:0:fffb90:MP3:CL_TYPE_ANY:CL_TYPE_IGNORED" > > These definitions are in the daily.ftm file of the ClamAV virus > database. > > Steve > > > On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 10:04 AM, Christian <abelschre...@freenet.de> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I want to scan an mp3-file (about 60 MB in size). > > My command is: > > > > clamscan > > /home/rosika/Schreibtisch/Dokumente/Hörspiele/Sherlock_Holmes/hörspiel.mp3 > > > > Yet I get the message: "Data scanned: 0.00 MB" > > First I thought that the file was too large, so I used a new > > command: > > > > clamscan --max-filesize=300M --max-scansize=300M > > /home/rosika/Schreibtisch/Dokumente/Hörspiele/Sherlock_Holmes/hörspiel.mp3 > > > > But this didn´t work either. > > In the meantime I think that´s due to the nature of the respective > > file. The file being mp3. > > Could this be the case? > > > > I also tried: > > > > dd > > if=/home/rosika/Schreibtisch/Dokumente/Hörspiele/Sherlock_ > > Holmes/hörspiel.mp3 > > | clamscan - > > > > Output: > > > > 126592+1 Datensätze ein > > 126592+1 Datensätze aus > > 64815503 bytes (65 MB, 62 MiB) copied, 10,9642 s, 5,9 MB/s > > stdin: OK > > > > ----------- SCAN SUMMARY ----------- > > Known viruses: 6299938 > > Engine version: 0.99.2 > > Scanned directories: 0 > > Scanned files: 1 > > Infected files: 0 > > Data scanned: 0.00 MB > > Data read: 61.81 MB (ratio 0.00:1) > > Time: 11.596 sec (0 m 11 s) > > > > Is there any way of scanning mp3-files with clamscan? > > > > Greetings. > > Rosika > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clamav-users mailing list > > clamav-users@lists.clamav.net > > http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users > > > > > > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: > > https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq > > > > http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml > _______________________________________________ > clamav-users mailing list > clamav-users@lists.clamav.net > http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users > > > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: > https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq > > http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml _______________________________________________ clamav-users mailing list clamav-users@lists.clamav.net http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml
