On Nov 16, 2007 3:15 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello all. > > We've had some consultant make the spurious claim that Clam AV only scans for > 'windows viruses' and is really only useful for 'scanning email'. > Despite the fact that I know this to be patently false, is there > documentation out there I can slap him with that clearly indicates that the > virus > defs are for any platform, Linux, windows, Unix, Mac OS X, etc. ? I can prove > that it scans the file system just by sprinkling a few test viri things > out in the file system. Hard to argue with that sort of evidence.
Clamav was used in Debian to discover copies of statically linked copies of zlib that needed a security update, this had nothing to do with email, 'viruses' or Windows: http://www.enyo.de/fw/security/zlib-fingerprint/ Micah _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
