[clamav-users] ransomware

Andrew C Aitchison clamav at aitchison.me.uk
Sat Oct 3 20:14:19 UTC 2020


To the best of my knowledge, ClamAV does not *remove* any malware.

It is usually used to detect malware *prior* to infection;
and I do not think that much effort has been made to teach it
to detect infected systems (please tell me if I am wrong).

On Sat, 3 Oct 2020, Mat via clamav-users wrote:

> This removal(post infection) I am talking about on Linux platforms.
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 4:06 PM G.W. Haywood via clamav-users <
> clamav-users at lists.clamav.net> wrote:
>
> > Hi there,
> >
> > On Wed, 30 Sep 2020, Al Varnell via clamav-users wrote:
> >
> > > I'm certain that the answer to your first question is yes ...
> >
> > Careful, the OP said 'remove' not 'detect'!

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Andrew C. Aitchison					Kendal, UK
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