The number is somewhat dependant on options selected in freshclam.conf (e.g. PUA signatures are not always included).
I doubt that anybody can even come close to telling you how many unique malware variants are included in those numbers. -Al- > On Oct 10, 2014, at 12:05 AM, Steve Basford <steveb_cla...@sanesecurity.com> > wrote: > > > On Fri, October 10, 2014 7:05 am, Prasanna Lotke wrote: >> Can anyone tell me how many signatures does Clam virus database have? Or >> how many malwares can it detect? > > Not had coffee yet but here's a quick summary of counts.... > > Current Official: > > main.cld is up to date (version: 55, sigs: ***2,424,225***) > daily.cld is up to date (version: 19492, sigs: ***1,194,154***) > bytecode.cld is up to date (version: 242, sigs: ***46***) > > 3rd Party (distributed by Sanesecurity): > > 684 blurl.ndb > 12004 bofhland_cracked_URL.ndb > 1200 bofhland_malware_attach.hdb > 56 bofhland_malware_URL.ndb > 98 bofhland_phishing_URL.ndb > 5000 crdfam.clamav.hdb > 1 doppelstern-phishtank.ndb > 1 doppelstern.hdb > 1 doppelstern.ndb > 116 foxhole_all.cdb > 22 foxhole_filename.cdb > 184 foxhole_generic.cdb > 48720 junk.ndb > 4549 jurlbl.ndb > 3549 jurlbla.ndb > 2333 lott.ndb > 24457 phish.ndb > 15496 phishtank.ndb > 2506 porcupine.ndb > 3750 rogue.hdb > 12183 scam.ndb > 49823 scamnailer.ndb > 63 spam.ldb > 22 spamattach.hdb > 14 spamimg.hdb > 15159 spear.ndb > 878 spearl.ndb > 360 winnow.attachments.hdb > 3 winnow.complex.patterns.ldb > 9993 winnow_bad_cw.hdb > 5843 winnow_extended_malware.hdb > 1 winnow_extended_malware_links.ndb > 3902 winnow_malware.hdb > 7838 winnow_malware_links.ndb > 8446 winnow_phish_complete.ndb > 8445 winnow_phish_complete_url.ndb > 1467 winnow_spam_complete.ndb > > Total: 249,167 > > Cheers, > > Steve _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml
