For some reason beyond my understanding, ClamAV thinks this email contained the
"FunLove" virus

>>>> X-Virus: W32.FunLove.4099 FOUND

Maybe simply the words "Fun Lov" in the text ?



> Firstly, I'd like to say thank you for such a useful utility.
>
> My question concerns scanning a Windows partition from a Linux partition
> on the same drive. Running Clamav 0.65-3 on Debian based Libranet, scanned
> a WinME partition and came up with the report that FunLove.4099 had been
> found in several drivers (LAN I think). Looking through the files
> with MC turned up the text '~Fun Loving Criminal~' several times in each
> one. File creation date the same for each, August 13 2000.
>
> Why I'm unsure is that my free Windows anti-virus program never detected
> it. But I was unsure and downloaded the Symantec cleaning tool. It didn't
> find anything.
>
> Is there some inherent risk for false positives with scanning Windows from
> Linux?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Sam Miller
>
>
>
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