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

[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 anything at the beginning “disinfects” it.

-Al-
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Al Varnell
Mountain View, CA