> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:clamav-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kurt Fitzner > Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 12:12 AM > To: ClamAV users ML > Subject: [Clamav-users] Problems with virus submission > > I am becoming concerned about the reporting process after a virus I > have submitted three times has still not appeared in the database. > > Follow Up: > After reporting to ClamAV, I checked back to see when it would get > added to the database. After a few days when it didn't happen, I thought > perhaps because there were no corroborating antivirus products that > detected it as malware, that maybe my submission wasn't deemed > credible. I retested it at VirusTotal and got two hits, and re-reported it > to ClamAV, dutifully entering in the corroboration. > > A few days later and still nothing. So again, a re-test at VirusTotal > - > 4 hits, resubmission. Nothing again. A few days later 8 hits at > VirusTotal, and a resubmission. > > Today there are 16 hits on VirusTotal for the malware, and still no > entry in ClamAV. It has now been two weeks. I don't know why I set > ClamAV to update daily if it takes this long to get something added to > the database. > > This has made me extremely concerned with the submission process.
You're not alone. I had the same experience some time ago and, without receiving so much as an acknowledgement, eventually resorted to adding my own signature locally. Jason A. Bertoch Network Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Electronet Broadband Communications 3411 Capital Medical Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (V) 850.222.0229 (F) 850.222.8771 _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
