But if the signatures are outdated, then it won't be able to detect the latest
threats?
Regards,
Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
Targeted Individuals Singapore
GIMP = Government-Induced Medical Problems
On Wednesday, December 24th, 2025 at 12:53 AM, Joel Esler via clamav-users
<[email protected]> wrote:
> There is a difference in between “not being maintained” and “still works”.
>
> If it still works, the date of the last commit is irrelevant
>
> —
> Sent from my 📱iPhone
>
>> On Dec 23, 2025, at 11:06, Newcomer01 via clamav-users
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> Yes, open the link and see the really old dates of this project, since 7.2.5
>> of March '21 no newer version was delivered and in the master tree (files
>> for this project) the last changes was before 4-6 years:
>> https://github.com/extremeshok/clamav-unofficial-sigs
>> I'm personally not sure if this project is in active developing anymore ...
>>
>> On other hand, fangfrisch is much more up to date, last version 1.9.2 of
>> April '25 and in the master tree the last changes was before 6-11 months:
>> https://github.com/rseichter/fangfrisch and the developer promote always
>> here his new version and what is changed or maybe what technical problems he
>> have / had
>>
>> Von / From: [Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En
>> Ming](mailto:[email protected])
>> An / To: [Newcomer01](mailto:[email protected])
>> CC / CC: [Clamav-Users, Ceo](mailto:[email protected],
>> [email protected])
>> Gesendet / Sent: Dienstag, Dezember 23, 2025 um 16:40 (at 04:40 PM) +0100
>> Betreff / Subject: Re: [clamav-users] ClamAV Antivirus can't detect trojan
>> horses?
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> You mean clamav-unofficial-sigs is not being actively maintained any more?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
>>> Extremely Democratic People's Republic of Singapore
>>> 23 Dec 2025 Tuesday 11.39 pm Singapore Time
>>>
>>> On Monday, December 22nd, 2025 at 12:59 PM, Newcomer01 via clamav-users
>>> [<[email protected]>](mailto:[email protected])
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> mmmhhh a project with round 5 years old stuff - really trustful and really
>>>> up to date.
>>>> Is this a living project or is it discontinued without any notice?
>>>> Sorry not my way, will stay on clamav only.
>>>>
>>>> Oh and you can also use fangfisch, this is maintained and up to date
>>>>
>>>> Von / From: [Kenneth Porter Via
>>>> Clamav-Users](mailto:[email protected])
>>>> An / To: [Newcomer01](mailto:[email protected])
>>>> CC / CC: [Kenneth Porter](mailto:[email protected])
>>>> Gesendet / Sent: Sonntag, Dezember 21, 2025 um 20:11 (at 08:11 PM) +0100
>>>> Betreff / Subject: Re: [clamav-users] ClamAV Antivirus can't detect trojan
>>>> horses?
>>>>
>>>>> The included signatures are fair but not great. But, unlike a commercial
>>>>> AV product, you're not limited to what's included in the box. There are
>>>>> many sources of 3rd party signatures that can easily be added.
>>>>>
>>>>> My detection rate improved a lot when I installed this set:
>>>>> https://github.com/extremeshok/clamav-unofficial-sigs
>>>>> This is an aggregation of signature sets from multiple sources.
>>>>>
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