[clamav-users] Subject: behaviour of clamAV with password protected pdf file.

[Olivier]

> Hi team ,
> We are using clamAVClient for scanning pdf and xlsx files in our Java
> program. We came across the query,
> does clamAV scan password protected pdf file or not? If yes ,
> how we can restrict it? Kindly suggest. Best regards, Nahin Bagwan

How do you expect ClamAV to know the password to decode the encrypted
files?

No it does not because it cannot.

If you are concerned that encrypted files could be a security,
quarantine these emails.

Best regards,

Olivier
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