[clamav-users] PUA detected. False Positive?

joe a joea-lists at j4computers.com
Fri Jul 15 22:29:05 UTC 2022


My ignorance shows. Created file "/my_install_path/ignore_list.ign2" and 
get this error:

"LibClamAV Error: cli_loadign: No signature name provided"

Is the signature name not "PUA.Win.Trojan.Xored-1"

joe a.

On 7/15/2022 4:59 PM, Maarten Broekman via clamav-users wrote:
> To turn it off entirely, you would create a file ending in .ign2 and put 
> the signature name in that file.
> 
> I'm not sure there is a good way to do it only for that particular 
> sender, unless you have a way to send those messages to a differently 
> configured ClamAV setup. I don't do a lot of email scanning, so I'm not 
> sure what the limitations are there.
> 
> --Maarten
> 
> On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 4:41 PM joe a <joea-lists at j4computers.com 
> <mailto:joea-lists at j4computers.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Thank you.  I believe I understand.
> 
>     I was actually looking for a way to turn off checking for this
>     particular "PUA", hopefully just for this sender, while keeping PUA
>     checks still enabled for other cases.
> 
>     In the past I've not had great success searching entirely on my own.
> 
>     joe a.
> 
>     On 7/15/2022 4:34 PM, Maarten Broekman via clamav-users wrote:
>      > A "PUA" is a "potentially unwanted application", not necessarily
>      > malicious. You can disable PUA checks by ensuring that your clamd
>      > configuration has "DetectPUA" set to no.
>      >
>      > For reference, the signature is looking for bitwise math on
>     CharCodeAt()
>      > operations in HTML files.
>      >
>      > VIRUS NAME: PUA.Win.Trojan.Xored-1
>      > TARGET TYPE: HTML
>      > OFFSET: *
>      > DECODED SIGNATURE:
>      > charcodeat({WILDCARD_ANY_STRING(LENGTH<=5)})^
>      >
>      >
>      > I created a bogus test file that matches the signature and, with
>     default
>      > configuration settings, it is not detected. But when I force PUA
>      > detection to be on, it is detected.
>      >
>      > lothlorien:~$ clamscan test.html
>      > Loading:     6s, ETA:   0s [========================>]  
>       8.62M/8.62M sigs
>      > Compiling:   2s, ETA:   0s [========================>]      
>     41/41 tasks
>      >
>      > ~/test.html: OK
>      >
>      > ----------- SCAN SUMMARY -----------
>      > Known viruses: 8622174
>      > Engine version: 0.105.0
>      > Scanned directories: 0
>      > Scanned files: 1
>      > Infected files: 0
>      > Data scanned: 0.00 MB
>      > Data read: 0.00 MB (ratio 0.00:1)
>      > Time: 9.865 sec (0 m 9 s)
>      > Start Date: 2022:07:15 16:31:01
>      > End Date:   2022:07:15 16:31:11
>      >
>      > lothlorien:~$ clamscan --detect-pua=yes test.html
>      > Loading:     6s, ETA:   0s [========================>]  
>       8.64M/8.64M sigs
>      > Compiling:   2s, ETA:   0s [========================>]      
>     41/41 tasks
>      >
>      > ~/test.html: PUA.Win.Trojan.Xored-1 FOUND
>      >
>      > ----------- SCAN SUMMARY -----------
>      > Known viruses: 8637594
>      > Engine version: 0.105.0
>      > Scanned directories: 0
>      > Scanned files: 1
>      > Infected files: 1
>      > Data scanned: 0.00 MB
>      > Data read: 0.00 MB (ratio 0.00:1)
>      > Time: 9.614 sec (0 m 9 s)
>      > Start Date: 2022:07:15 16:31:17
>      > End Date:   2022:07:15 16:31:26
>      >
>      > --Maarten
>      >
>      > On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 4:02 PM joe a <joea-lists at j4computers.com
>     <mailto:joea-lists at j4computers.com>
>      > <mailto:joea-lists at j4computers.com
>     <mailto:joea-lists at j4computers.com>>> wrote:
>      >
>      >     Clamav is finding this:
>      >
>      >     "X-Virus-Status: Infected (PUA.Win.Trojan.Xored-1)" in emails
>     from a
>      >     source I trust (well, it is a professional organization anyway).
>      >
>      >     Is there any way to tell clamav not to run the check for this
>      >     particular
>      >     client and this particular "trojan"? Just not check for it at
>     all?
>      >
>      >     Or should I submit it as a "False positive" and hope it goes
>     away?
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