I'm running clamav-0.70.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] tmp]# echo '[EMAIL 
PROTECTED](P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*' > eicar.txt
[EMAIL PROTECTED] tmp]# ln -s eicar.txt eicar.lnk
[EMAIL PROTECTED] tmp]# clamscan eicar.???
eicar.lnk: Eicar-Test-Signature FOUND
eicar.txt: Eicar-Test-Signature FOUND

----------- SCAN SUMMARY -----------
Known viruses: 21758
Scanned directories: 0
Scanned files: 2
Infected files: 2
Data scanned: 0.00 MB
I/O buffer size: 131072 bytes
Time: 0.416 sec (0 m 0 s)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] tmp]# clamdscan eicar.txt
/tmp/eicar.txt: Eicar-Test-Signature FOUND

----------- SCAN SUMMARY -----------
Infected files: 1
Time: 0.001 sec (0 m 0 s)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] tmp]# clamdscan eicar.lnk
/tmp/eicar.lnk: OK

----------- SCAN SUMMARY -----------
Infected files: 0
Time: 0.000 sec (0 m 0 s)


I find it highly nonintuitive that clamscan will follow links, and
clamdscan will not.

Damian Menscher
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