Re: [clamav-users] [SUSPECTED SPAM] Re: Calamav cannot scan tar file and gzip files?

2015-02-16 Thread Manoj Ramakrishnan
Hi Al, Thanks for replying. It is exactly what I thought. But why is it different from ZIP file? I added extra characters in the beginning of the ZIP file but no issues in scanning that and finding eicar signature. Also curious to see why is it not working in case #4 and #6? Regards Manoj O

Re: [clamav-users] [SUSPECTED SPAM] Re: Calamav cannot scan tar file and gzip files?

2015-02-16 Thread Al Varnell
On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 05:27 PM, Manoj Ramakrishnan wrote: > > Case 4: Opened the gz file(in Case #2) in vi editor and add a character > say "a" at the beginning of the file and scan it using clamdscan. Not > WORKING That would be correct. The signature specifies an offset of zero, so adding a

[clamav-users] [SUSPECTED SPAM] Re: Calamav cannot scan tar file and gzip files?

2015-02-16 Thread Manoj Ramakrishnan
Hi Steve, Thanks for the reply. Really appreciated I tried your suggestion and it mostly works when we use the clamdscan command except some cases like modified gzip, other types like tar, bz2. Will explain below. Dowloaded these two files wget http://www.eicar.org/download/eicar.com wget http

Re: [clamav-users] Calamav cannot scan tar file and gzip files?

2015-02-16 Thread Steven Morgan
Manoj, Seem like this should work. What happens if you scan your tar and tar.gz files just using clamscan? You can run your clamd in debug mode by setting "Foreground yes" and "Debug yes" in clamd.conf, then run clamd from a terminal window. This may give you an indication about why clamd does no

Re: [clamav-users] Sanesecurity FakeDate questions

2015-02-16 Thread G.W. Haywood
Hi there, On Mon, 16 Feb 2015, Alex Regan wrote: Specifically, can someone tell me if the following are legitimate senders or if they should be blocked anyway? From: "Enterprise Guide" From: Fred Pryor Seminars/CareerTrack From: TravelMole Daily UK Newswire I'm hoping someone has an opinio

[clamav-users] Sanesecurity FakeDate questions

2015-02-16 Thread Alex Regan
Hi, I'm using the sanesecurity rules with clamav on fedora20. I'm hoping it's okay to ask sanesecurity questions here. I'm finding that it's very frequently hitting on fakedate, causing the message to be quarantined, and wondered what other people's experiences were with this one rule. X-A