[clamav-users] What was detected?

joe a joea-lists at j4computers.com
Mon Feb 27 21:33:57 UTC 2023


On 2/27/2023 4:24 PM, Paul Netpresto wrote:
> 
> On 27/02/2023 20:57, joe a wrote:
>> On 2/27/2023 3:52 PM, joe a wrote:
>>> On 2/27/2023 3:47 PM, joe a wrote:
>>>> Got an email marked as infected by clamav.  I cannot determine what 
>>>> was detected.
>>>>
>>>> A long time ago I asked here and someone described how to scan an 
>>>> individual email file, log the results and scan the log for what was 
>>>> detected.   Or maybe clued me in on which log I was not searching 
>>>> properly.
>>>>
>>>> Did not find that conversation it in the email archives.
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>>>
>>> Well never mind that part, it is shown clearly in /var/log/clamd.log 
>>> as "Heuristics.Phishing.Email.SpoofedDomain".
>>>
>>> What I think I conflated that with the means to determine the details 
>>> so I can add that to a .ign* file.   Something to do with debug mode 
>>> I think.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Or, determine why this was detected in a valid email from a known and 
>> utilized credit card service.   Or is it simpler to "white list" this 
>> sender and move on?
>>
>>
> If you have sufficient free memory  use clamscan to scan the email in 
> question. It should be kind enough to highlight the reason why 
> Heuristics.Phishing.Email.SpoofedDomain was triggered.
> 
>

I attempted that just now.  Ran clamscan --debug -f some-email.eml

After it cranks up and apparently beings actually scanning the email, 
starts cranking out errors/warnings like:

Return-path: <some at body.com>: No such file or directory
WARNING: Return-path: <some at body.com>: Can't access file
Seems to be t
This particular email was previously scanned and found to be possibly 
infected with "Heuristics.Phishing.Email.SpoofedDomain" and am 
attempting to determine the actual objectionable domain.

Clearly I am doing something wrong.




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