On Mon, 2012-02-06 at 11:39 -0800, Reynolds, David C. wrote: > I've recently installed .97.3 on an SGI Origin 3000 running TRIX > v6.5.28 using gcc 3.2.1. (I did need to make some source file > modifications). I was able to run clamscan against a directory > seemingly without error. > > However, I would like to run some tests which would indicate > catching an infected file without actually putting an infected > file on our system. This is a totally Trusted Irix environment. > > I've had problems trying to build the check package as > recommended in the ClamAV documentation in this IRIXS environment. > Any suggestions as to how run some unit tests that would indicate > that an infected file would actually be found?
You could use the Eicar test file. It's not a virus and meant to check if a/your virusscanner is working. http://www.eicar.org/86-0-Intended-use.html -- Rob _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
