On Thu, Dec 04, 2008 at 04:05:07PM -0500, Derek Currie said:
> Hi folks,
> 
> This has to be the newbie question of the century for Clamav, but...
> 
> How can I view the list of malware detectable by Clamav? I'd like to  
> be able to know what new malware it can detect with each definition/ 
> signature update. I've found myself caught in a place where I never  
> know if Clamav has caught up with a new piece of malware I am  
> describing to Mac users. Today's dilemma: Does the latest definition  
> update detect the recently discovered OSX.Lamzev.A Trojan? How would  
> I know?

sigtool -l will give you a list of the names of the malware clamav knows
about.  Mapping that list to what some other random vendor calls it is
not easy, and every effort I've seen over the past 5 years has failed
due to the effort involved.

Good luck,
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