[clamav-users] Low detection rate

[TR Shaw]

btw that one should have been detected by winnow (distributed in Steve's rsync feed)

On Mar 3, 2014, at 9:03 AM, Larry Stone wrote:

> 
> On Mar 3, 2014, at 7:49 AM, Steve Basford <steveb_clamav at sanesecurity.com> wrote:
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>> 
>>> On 03.03.14 12:38, Dennis Peterson wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Did you just send a link to a known infected file to this list?
>>> 
>>> Yes, I sent a link to something I felt people answering my question
>>> would need to be able to see, with some text next to it *specifically
>>> saying it was infected*.
>> 
>> I think a "h t t p" non-clickable link might have been wise though,
>> just in case someone hasn't had their coffee yet and clicks it...yes,
>> I know... but it does happen ;)
> 
> No matter what you do, some MUA’s take anything that looks like it might be a link and turns it into a link. :-( You need to turn @ into at and . into dot and other obfuscations to be fairly sure some MUA won’t make it clickable.
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