On 9/11/05, Thomas Hruska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ever since spyware came into existence, I have always been a firm > believer that it ranked right up there with the worst viruses. Just > about all client-side binary spyware (that is, not the "browser cookie" > type) exhibit behavioral patterns that are identical to viruses and/or > trojans and are created by the same type of scum who create viruses and > subsequently release them into the wild. > > My question is: Does ClamAV detect spyware? I don't care if it can > remove spyware as long as it can be detected. If spyware can't be > detected, what will it take to get ClamAV to just detect the existence > of the major spyware vendors on a given system? > > If ClamAV has no plans to support spyware detection, I would appreciate > a pointer to a _reputable_ spyware detection application with a good set > of __command-line options__. >
I am looking at this similarly. It should be a matter of collecting a batch of spyware and building signatures from that. -- Stephen J Smoogen. CSIRT/Linux System Administrator _______________________________________________ http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-win32
