What kind of giant files are you scanning? Many big files, such as hard drive/DVD images or "raw" database files, are likely to generate random false positives.
-- Noel Jones On 12/3/2018 3:59 AM, Albert o wrote: > Alright thank you. Is there a way to make clamscan do the same? > > On Mon, Dec 3, 2018, 09:18 Al Varnell <alvarn...@mac.com > <mailto:alvarn...@mac.com> wrote: > > MaxFileSize 0 disables limiting, but that only applies to > clamdscan scanning. > > Sent from my iPad > > -Al- > > On Dec 2, 2018, at 23:18, Albert o rote: > >> What do I need to use in clamd.conf to scan the maximum >> possible size? >> MaxFileSize 39999M >> MaxFileSize 3999M >> Is this syntax correct? >> >> On Mon, Dec 3, 2018, 00:06 Dennis Peterson >> <denni...@inetnw.com <mailto:denni...@inetnw.com> wrote: >> >> I wonder how many signature writers bother to match >> content at the end of files. Hopefully, none, in which >> case full file scanning is pointless. >> >> dp >> >> On 12/2/18 3:02 PM, Al Varnell wrote: >>> Trial and error, depending on your setup. >>> >>> Must not exceed the amount of RAM you have installed less >>> what is needed to run your system and whatever else you >>> have running at the time. >>> >>> Best advice would be to set it to the size of the largest >>> file you need to scan. >>> >>> -Al- >>> >>> On Sun, Dec 02, 2018 at 09:35 AM, Albert o wrote: >>>> I removed that option. >>>> So what is the right way to make clamAV scan the maximum >>>> possible size? >>>> On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 7:31 AM Henrik K <h...@hege.li >>>> <mailto:h...@hege.li>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 05:01:40PM -0500, Albert o wrote: >>>>>> "sudo clamscan -r --remove=yes /" >>>>> >>>>> ClamAV doesn't exactly have a perfect track record >>>>> regarding false positives >>>>> (not that any scanner would have). Are you sure you'd >>>>> want --remove=yes to >>>>> remove some critical system files/libraries? >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> clamav-users mailing list >>> clamav-users@lists.clamav.net <mailto: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 >> <mailto: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 >> <mailto: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 <mailto: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
