On 04/18/2012 06:38 PM, Stephen Guglielmo wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have a mail system with virus filtering via ClamAV. It has been
> working well, I've tested it with the EICAR check successfully.
> However, ClamAV has been detecting false positives in certain emails
> with the detection "Heuristics.Structured.SSN."
> 
> This is the most recent email it flagged as
> "Heuristics.Structured.SSN", but is a false positive.
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-announce/2012-April/001417.html
> 
> It is a announcement on a FreeBSD mailing list. It has no viruses or
> social security numbers.
> 
> Is there a way to decrease the sensitivity of this?

Set StructuredSSNFormatStripped to No in clamd.conf (which is the default).
Parts of the MD5/SHA256 from that email are identified as valid SSNs otherwise.

Best regards,
--Edwin
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