Re: [clamav-users] Seeking GUI alternative while learning how to use clamAV

2024-07-22 Thread Dr Rainer Woitok via clamav-users
Sarah, On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 18:02:52 +1200 you wrote: > ... > I understand that clamTK is no longer maintained. That's right. But that doesn't mean it will stop working in the near future. Just use it as long as it still works and in the meantime also make yourself familiar with ClamAV's co

Re: [clamav-users] Seeking newbie level help with setting up and using ClamAV

2024-07-21 Thread Dr Rainer Woitok via clamav-users
Sarah, On Sun, 21 Jul 2024 16:08:30 +1200 you wrote: > ... > $ sudo clamscan --recursive --infected /home/sarah I would not recommend scanning the complete home directory on a regular basis. You can do that once after you have everything set-up, but it may take quite some time ... Basicall

Re: [clamav-users] ClamAV Scan Loop - Massive Amount of Logs Being Generated

2024-04-03 Thread Dr Rainer Woitok via clamav-users
Nick, On Tuesday, 2024-04-02 19:07:56 +, you wrote: > ... > 1. clamscan --exclude-dir=/tmp/ > 2. clamscan --exclude-dir=/tmp/* > 3. clamscan --exclude-dir="^/tmp/" What you specify here are regular expressions matching the path to a di- rectory, but a trailing slash is never part o

Re: [clamav-users] Why is the Eicar-Signature not recognized in some files?

2024-03-15 Thread Dr Rainer Woitok via clamav-users
Noel, On Wednesday, 2024-03-13 11:59:16 -0500, you wrote: > ... > To test email, include the EICAR as an attachment, and make sure > your email software is able to scan attachments. Good idea, thanks :-) I wrote another mail specific virus test script involving a "tar" ar- chive containing

Re: [clamav-users] Why is the Eicar-Signature not recognized in some files?

2024-03-13 Thread Dr Rainer Woitok via clamav-users
Noel, On Tuesday, 2024-03-12 12:24:48 -0500, you wrote: > ... > You can read about it here for clues about why your test didn't work. > https://www.eicar.org/ > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EICAR_test_file Thanks for these pointers :-) So the file size is restricted to 128 characters and the f