On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:46:40 -0500 "Alejandro Pedraza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, > > Does clamav have a mechanism to find out a file is an archive without > relying on its extension? For example does it know it has to unzip a > zipped file even if its extension was changed to a random one > different than .zip ? ClamAV doesn't rely on file extensions. It uses magic numbers, special signatures and heuristics to detect file types. -- oo ..... Tomasz Kojm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (\/)\......... http://www.ClamAV.net/gpg/tkojm.gpg \..........._ 0DCA5A08407D5288279DB43454822DC8985A444B //\ /\ Fri Sep 19 21:53:11 CEST 2008 _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml