On 2/11/12 5:52 PM, "Greg Cirino" <gcir...@cirelle.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure there is much value to the virusdb updates, as I usually > delete them, except to see if my submission made it. > > I've tried to figure out what is being caught, and there is always some > esoteric name that rarely coincides with commonly held virus names. > > Not sure if it's a patent on the name thing or what. > I find this to be an industry-wide problem not necessarily unique to clamav. Part of it is the overlap between malware classifications. Some of it is probably in the interest of getting definitions out-the-door without a lot of research. It drives end-users crazy when they get an infection name that is totally unique to clamav and there is no information about what it is, what it does and how to get rid of any extended infection. -Al- -- Al Varnell Mountain View, CA _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
