Well I just want to be sure that the big files which can't be scanned don't contain viruses... BTW thanks everyone for helping me out
On Mon, Dec 3, 2018, 17:21 Noel Jones <njo...@megan.vbhcs.org wrote: > 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 >
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