[clamav-users] clamav-users Digest, Vol 146, Issue 7

Fri Jan 6 17:21:46 UTC 2017

*Version:*0.99.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1


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>     1. Re: Clamscan Error (Reindl Harald)
>     2. Re: Old virus databases? (Paul Kosinski)
>     3. Re: Clamscan Error (Al Varnell)
>     4. Re: Clamscan Error (Scott Kitterman)
>     5. Re: Howto quarantine emails? "ERROR: VirusEvent:	fork
>        failed." (Mathieu D.)
>     6. Re: Clamscan Error (G.W. Haywood)
>     7. Re: Grizzly Steppe (Joel Esler (jesler))
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 02:53:14 +0100
> From: Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net>
> To: clamav-users at lists.clamav.net
> Subject: Re: [clamav-users] Clamscan Error
> Message-ID: <4803339a-8afb-cc2b-0df3-e5060ca330b6 at thelounge.net>
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> you posted a lot of stuff but not the clamav version
> the memory errors sounds like it's outdated
>
> the whole "permission denied" stuff running sudo and so with
> root-permissions is strange too
>
> Am 06.01.2017 um 02:35 schrieb A6:
>> NAME="Linux Mint"
>> VERSION="18.1 (Serena)"
>> ID=linuxmint
>> ID_LIKE=ubuntu
>> PRETTY_NAME="Linux Mint 18.1"
>> VERSION_ID="18.1"
>> HOME_URL="http://www.linuxmint.com/"
>> SUPPORT_URL="http://forums.linuxmint.com/"
>> BUG_REPORT_URL="http://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/"
>> VERSION_CODENAME=serena
>> UBUNTU_CODENAME=xenial
>>
>> ******************************
>> ****************************** ~ $ sudo clamscan -r --bell -i /
>> [sudo] password for **:
>> WARNING: Can't open file /sys/fs/xfs/stats/stats_clear: Permission denied
>> LibClamAV Warning: fmap_readpage: pread fail: asked for 3637 bytes @
>> offset 459, got 0
>> LibClamAV Warning: fmap_readpage: pread fail: asked for 4092 bytes @
>>
>> ----------- SCAN SUMMARY -----------
>> Known viruses: 5458380
>> Engine version: 0.99.2
>> Scanned directories: 40594
>> Scanned files: 214811
>> Infected files: 0
>> Total errors: 22244
>> Data scanned: 7154.29 MB
>> Data read: 9810.07 MB (ratio 0.73:1)
>> Time: 2698.000 sec (44 m 58 s)
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 21:03:19 -0500
> From: Paul Kosinski <clamav-users at iment.com>
> To: clamav-users at lists.clamav.net
> Subject: Re: [clamav-users] Old virus databases?
> Message-ID: <20170105210319.78a1a46e at ime1.iment.local>
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> To make back-out easier, I rarely purge daily.cvd and main.cvd, but just
> rename the old ones with a date suffix, e.g., "daily.cvd.150416-0235".
> I could easily provide a few from the past 1.5 years, and might be
> able to find even older ones (with the associated main.cvd).
>
>
> On Thu, 5 Jan 2017 23:13:37 +0000
> "Joel Esler (jesler)" <jesler at cisco.com> wrote:
>
>> I?d have to check, I am not sure we retain those.  I don?t think they
>> are available publicly anywhere either.
>>
>> --
>> Joel Esler | Talos: Manager |
>> jesler at cisco.com<mailto:jesler at cisco.com>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jan 5, 2017, at 1:39 PM, Michael Howard
>> <mhoward at cra.com<mailto:mhoward at cra.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello.
>>
>> The ClamAV download page contains a number of past stable releases of
>> the software. The most recent virus database files (.cvd) are also
>> available to download manually.
>>
>> Is it also possible to obtain old versions of the .cvd files? I would
>> like to experiment with ClamAV as it existed on certain dates from
>> the past.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -MIchael
>> http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2017 18:03:54 -0800
> From: Al Varnell <alvarnell at mac.com>
> To: ClamAV users ML <clamav-users at lists.clamav.net>
> Subject: Re: [clamav-users] Clamscan Error
> Message-ID: <3CEA399F-991E-4149-9D63-64264A9F3726 at mac.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
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> Summary shows the current engine 0.99.2.
>
> LibCLamAV warnings might be lack of RAM.
>
> -Al-
>
> On Thu, Jan 05, 2017 at 05:53 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:
>> you posted a lot of stuff but not the clamav version
>> the memory errors sounds like it's outdated
>>
>> the whole "permission denied" stuff running sudo and so with root-permissions is strange too
>>
>> Am 06.01.2017 um 02:35 schrieb A6:
>>> NAME="Linux Mint"
>>> VERSION="18.1 (Serena)"
>>> ID=linuxmint
>>> ID_LIKE=ubuntu
>>> PRETTY_NAME="Linux Mint 18.1"
>>> VERSION_ID="18.1"
>>> HOME_URL="http://www.linuxmint.com/"
>>> SUPPORT_URL="http://forums.linuxmint.com/"
>>> BUG_REPORT_URL="http://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/"
>>> VERSION_CODENAME=serena
>>> UBUNTU_CODENAME=xenial
>>>
>>> ******************************
>>> ****************************** ~ $ sudo clamscan -r --bell -i /
>>> [sudo] password for **:
>>> WARNING: Can't open file /sys/fs/xfs/stats/stats_clear: Permission denied
>>> LibClamAV Warning: fmap_readpage: pread fail: asked for 3637 bytes @
>>> offset 459, got 0
>>> LibClamAV Warning: fmap_readpage: pread fail: asked for 4092 bytes @
>>>
>>> ----------- SCAN SUMMARY -----------
>>> Known viruses: 5458380
>>> Engine version: 0.99.2
>>> Scanned directories: 40594
>>> Scanned files: 214811
>>> Infected files: 0
>>> Total errors: 22244
>>> Data scanned: 7154.29 MB
>>> Data read: 9810.07 MB (ratio 0.73:1)
>>> Time: 2698.000 sec (44 m 58 s)
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> -Al-