[clamav-users] ClamAV can't scan DVD-size ISO files

Al Varnell alvarnell at mac.com
Wed Sep 13 05:44:11 UTC 2017


> On Sep 12, 2017, at 10:42 PM, kristen R wrote:
>> On 9/12/17 7:50 PM, Paul Kosinski wrote:
>> Clamscan read the entire ISO, but didn't scan any of it!
>> I thought 21st century software was finally in the 64-bit era.
>> 
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> 
>> ~/Downloads/Linux/Knoppix> ls -l KNOPPIX_V7.7.1DVD-2016-10-22-EN.iso
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 ime users 4660914176 Sep 12 19:40 KNOPPIX_V7.7.1DVD-2016-10-22-EN.iso
>> 
>> ~/Downloads/Linux/Knoppix> clamscan --max-filesize=9999M  KNOPPIX_V7.7.1DVD-2016-10-22-EN.iso
>> WARNING: Numerical value for option max-filesize too high, resetting to 4G
>> KNOPPIX_V7.7.1DVD-2016-10-22-EN.iso: OK
>> 
>> ----------- SCAN SUMMARY -----------
>> Known viruses: 6303545
>> Engine version: 0.99.2
>> Scanned directories: 0
>> Scanned files: 1
>> Infected files: 0
>> Data scanned: 0.00 MB
>> Data read: 4444.99 MB (ratio 0.00:1)
>> Time: 10.255 sec (0 m 10 s)
>> _______________________________________________
> 
> Paul,
> 
> Summary states it did scan the iso. Why do you think it didn't?
> 
> Kristen

>> Data scanned: 0.00 MB

Sent from my iPhone

-Al-

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