On 19 Apr 2010, at 00:22, Dennis Peterson wrote:
On 4/18/10 3:11 PM, Hauke Duden wrote:
OK. Sorry for the confusion.
Shouldn't this be in the FAQ (or was I just too blind to find it?)?
I'd
hate to think that I am the only one making this mistake.
ClamAV is an antivirus tool. It is reasonable to expect it will be
used on file systems where there is a reasonable expectation of
finding a virus. The file systems you scanned are pseudo file
systems created at each boot up, and there is no possibility of
finding a virus there, hence no reason to look.
Those file systems need to be well understood by the admin as it is
possible to create a lot of problems for the system if they are
misused.
Well, ok, you can say "You should have known that.". But no one knows
everything they "should know".
I am a little surprised that you are opposed to adding this to the
FAQ. Am I really the only one who had that problem? To me it just
seems like a common stumbling block. The reasoning was that every
exclusion creates a new hole for a virus to hide in. And adding it to
the FAQ will not only make the problem easier to solve for users, but
it will also decrease the support work on the mailing list.
Best regards,
Hauke
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