[clamav-win32] clamd process hangs on particular file

[Ryan Reg]

I see what you mean. On my Win2003SP2 mail server clamav 0.92 didn't like 
CHM files either, and not just the one you indicated. I saw the same 
behavior scanning other CHM files (endless temp file creation, high CPU & 
disk utilization until clamd proc killed). I backed up to 0.91.2 which 
doesn't seem to have this problem. I'd hate to get DOS'd because someone 
sent me a CHM file.

Ryan


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Auto Sear" <autosear at hotmail.com>
To: <clamav-win32 at lists.clamav.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 23:58
Subject: [clamav-win32] clamd process hangs on particular file


> Greetings,
> I have one file on my system that causes clamd.exe to hang when scanned 
> via clamdscan:
>
> C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\MUI\0409\moviemk.chm
>
> Using Process Monitor, it appears clamd.exe never leaves my clamav temp 
> directory after accessing the above file. It loops in the temp directory 
> forever until i stop the service. As this should be a common file on WinXP 
> systems, has anyone else experienced this problem?
>
> My setup:
> Clamav 0.92 with clamd.exe running as a service via srvany.exe
> Configs are default except for custom log, data, and temp directories
> Command I execute: clamdscan -v --log="c:\program 
> files\clamav\log\scan.log" "C:\Program Files\Movie 
> Maker\MUI\0409\moviemk.chm"
> Windows XP Pro SP2 (all updates, clean install)
>
> TIA & Happy Holidays,
> Auto
>