On Mon, Dec 3, 2018, 17:21 Noel Jones <njones@megan.vbhcs.org wrote:

What kind of giant files are you scanning? Many big files, such as
hard drive/DVD images or "raw" database files, are likely to
generate random false positives.

-- Noel Jones

On 12/3/2018 3:59 AM, Albert o wrote:
> Alright thank you. Is there a way to make clamscan do the same?
>
> On Mon, Dec 3, 2018, 09:18 Al Varnell <alvarnell@mac.com
> <mailto:alvarnell@mac.com> wrote:
>
> MaxFileSize 0 disables limiting, but that only applies to
> clamdscan scanning.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> -Al-
>
> On Dec 2, 2018, at 23:18, Albert o rote:
>
>> What do I need to use in clamd.conf to scan the maximum
>> possible size?
>> MaxFileSize 39999M
>> MaxFileSize 3999M
>> Is this syntax correct?
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 3, 2018, 00:06 Dennis Peterson
>> <dennispe@inetnw.com <mailto:dennispe@inetnw.com> wrote:
>>
>> I wonder how many signature writers bother to match
>> content at the end of files. Hopefully, none, in which
>> case full file scanning is pointless.
>>
>> dp
>>
>> On 12/2/18 3:02 PM, Al Varnell wrote:
>>> Trial and error, depending on your setup.
>>>
>>> Must not exceed the amount of RAM you have installed less
>>> what is needed to run your system and whatever else you
>>> have running at the time.
>>>
>>> Best advice would be to set it to the size of the largest
>>> file you need to scan.
>>>
>>> -Al-
>>>
>>> On Sun, Dec 02, 2018 at 09:35 AM, Albert o wrote:
>>>> I removed that option.
>>>> So what is the right way to make clamAV scan the maximum
>>>> possible size?
>>>> On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 7:31 AM Henrik K <hege@hege.li
>>>> <mailto:hege@hege.li>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 05:01:40PM -0500, Albert o wrote:
>>>>>> "sudo clamscan -r --remove=yes /"
>>>>>
>>>>> ClamAV doesn't exactly have a perfect track record
>>>>> regarding false positives
>>>>> (not that any scanner would have). Are you sure you'd
>>>>> want --remove=yes to
>>>>> remove some critical system files/libraries?
>>>
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