RE: [Clamav-users] Clamd processes and memory

2005-07-26 Thread Matthew.van.Eerde
Julio wrote: > I have set clamav to scan incoming mail, and for efficiency purposes > I have decided to use the daemon. ... > d) Using clamscan instead of the daemon will be less efficient? The daemon should be started at system bootup. It will take care of starting additional daemonic threads

[Clamav-users] Clamd processes and memory

2005-07-26 Thread Julio Maidanik
Hi, I am a newbie clam user. I have set clamav to scan incoming mail, and for efficiency purposes I have decided to use the daemon. When using "top" to list running processes I see that 1) clamd is listed twice and using 14M of memory each 2) whenever a mail is processed a new process starts, term

Re: [Clamav-users] clamd PING

2005-07-26 Thread Ronny Nussbaum
If you chose the LocalSocket method of communicating with clamd, you ca use a very cool piece of software called socat to send commands to clamd. You can read about it here: http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/. Read the instructions on how to compile it, and then do: socat - /tmp/clamd (

RE: [Clamav-users] clamav only virus? - Trojan.Briss-1

2005-07-26 Thread Pablo Chamorro C.
Try submitting the infected file to http://virusscan.jotti.org and http://www.virustotal.com and see if any of their scanners detect it. Thank for all the answers, I found that only clamav on July 12th included that signature, but now, where can I find information about the associated risks?

Re: [Clamav-users] protection

2005-07-26 Thread Bob Hutchinson
On Tuesday 26 Jul 2005 16:43, Ken Jones wrote: > On Tue, July 26, 2005 10:35, Bob Hutchinson wrote: > > On Tuesday 26 Jul 2005 13:03, Daniel J McDonald wrote: > >> On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 15:55 +0400, Mad Unix wrote: > >>> How can I make sure that my clamav protection working correctly ? > >> > >> ht

Re: [Clamav-users] Wrong version info in header after upgrade

2005-07-26 Thread Diego d'Ambra
Steven Spence wrote: Diego d'Ambra wrote: Steven Spence wrote: Or you can just edit /var/spool/qmailscan/qmail-scanner-queue-version.txt with the correct version. I am not quite sure why qmail-scanner just doesn't pull the version from the clamd binary instead of a text file. Performan

Re: [Clamav-users] Wrong version info in header after upgrade

2005-07-26 Thread Jim Maul
Steven Spence wrote: Diego d'Ambra wrote: Steven Spence wrote: Or you can just edit /var/spool/qmailscan/qmail-scanner-queue-version.txt with the correct version. I am not quite sure why qmail-scanner just doesn't pull the version from the clamd binary instead of a text file. Performan

Re: [Clamav-users] protection

2005-07-26 Thread Ken Jones
On Tue, July 26, 2005 10:35, Bob Hutchinson wrote: > On Tuesday 26 Jul 2005 13:03, Daniel J McDonald wrote: > >> On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 15:55 +0400, Mad Unix wrote: >> >>> How can I make sure that my clamav protection working correctly ? >>> >> >> http://www.webmail.us/testvirus >> >> >> That sends

Re: [Clamav-users] protection

2005-07-26 Thread Bob Hutchinson
On Tuesday 26 Jul 2005 13:03, Daniel J McDonald wrote: > On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 15:55 +0400, Mad Unix wrote: > > How can I make sure that my clamav protection working correctly ? > > http://www.webmail.us/testvirus > > That sends 30 or so variations on the eicar virus to your mail system. > There ar

RE: [Clamav-users] clamd PING

2005-07-26 Thread Matthew.van.Eerde
Gerard wrote: > When I issue the command as root: > > clamd PING That doesn't work. PING is not a command-line argument. If you telnet TO THE SOCKET [1], then write "PING\n" to the socket, you should receive "PONG\n" from the socket. [1]Yes, on some systems you really can telnet to a socket.

Re: [Clamav-users] Wrong version info in header after upgrade

2005-07-26 Thread Steven Spence
Diego d'Ambra wrote: Steven Spence wrote: Or you can just edit /var/spool/qmailscan/qmail-scanner-queue-version.txt with the correct version. I am not quite sure why qmail-scanner just doesn't pull the version from the clamd binary instead of a text file. Performance? Qmail-scanner proba

Re: [Clamav-users] Weird timeout problem starting clmav milter after upgrade to 0.86.2

2005-07-26 Thread Graham Murray
Erich Titl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I used to run clamav-milter without --external under 0.85. After > upgrading to 0.86.2 I see an error --timeout must not be given when > --external is not given. There is no such thing as timeout in my config > so this is really weird. The only way getting

Re: [Clamav-users] Weird timeout problem starting clmav milter after upgrade to 0.86.2

2005-07-26 Thread Damian Menscher
On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, Erich Titl wrote: I used to run clamav-milter without --external under 0.85. After upgrading to 0.86.2 I see an error --timeout must not be given when --external is not given. There is no such thing as timeout in my config so this is really weird. The only way getting rid of

Re: [Clamav-users] clamav only virus? - Trojan.Briss-1

2005-07-26 Thread Daniel J McDonald
On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 08:52 -0500, Pablo Chamorro C. wrote: > I installed clamwin under windows 2000 and it found a file infected with > Trojan.Briss-1 but looking up in > http://www.rainingfrogs.co.uk/index.orig.php?search=num&vid=97961 I'm > noting that only clamav detect that virus. > > How

Re: [Clamav-users] Weird timeout problem starting clmav milter after upgrade to 0.86.2

2005-07-26 Thread Nigel Horne
> Hi Folks > > I used to run clamav-milter without --external under 0.85. After > upgrading to 0.86.2 I see an error --timeout must not be given when > --external is not given. There is no such thing as timeout in my config > so this is really weird. The only way getting rid of this was to specify

RE: [Clamav-users] clamav only virus? - Trojan.Briss-1

2005-07-26 Thread Randal, Phil
Pablo Chamorro C. said > > I installed clamwin under windows 2000 and it found a file > infected with Trojan.Briss-1 but looking up in > http://www.rainingfrogs.co.uk/index.orig.php?search=num&vid=97961 > I'm noting that only clamav detect that virus. > > How can we know that virus is really a v

Re: [Clamav-users] clamav only virus? - Trojan.Briss-1

2005-07-26 Thread Daniel J McDonald
On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 08:52 -0500, Pablo Chamorro C. wrote: > I installed clamwin under windows 2000 and it found a file infected with > Trojan.Briss-1 but looking up in > http://www.rainingfrogs.co.uk/index.orig.php?search=num&vid=97961 I'm > noting that only clamav detect that virus. > > How

[Clamav-users] Weird timeout problem starting clmav milter after upgrade to 0.86.2

2005-07-26 Thread Erich Titl
Hi Folks I used to run clamav-milter without --external under 0.85. After upgrading to 0.86.2 I see an error --timeout must not be given when --external is not given. There is no such thing as timeout in my config so this is really weird. The only way getting rid of this was to specify --external.

[Clamav-users] clamd PING

2005-07-26 Thread Gerard Seibert
When I issue the command as root: clamd PING I receive the following error message: ERROR: You must select server type (local/tcp). I assume that I am suppose to change something in the clamd.conf file, but I am unsure as to what. -- Gerard E. Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED] __

Re: [Clamav-users] Wrong version info in header after upgrade

2005-07-26 Thread Jim Maul
Steven Spence wrote: Jim Maul wrote: And in the latest emails i got I see this: Received: (qmail 13171 invoked by uid 567); 26 Jul 2005 11:13:53 - Received: from 83.195.210.114 by host1 (envelope-from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, uid 502) with qmail-scanner-1.25 (clamdscan: 0.86.1/993. spamassa

Re: [Clamav-users] Wrong version info in header after upgrade

2005-07-26 Thread Diego d'Ambra
Steven Spence wrote: Or you can just edit /var/spool/qmailscan/qmail-scanner-queue-version.txt with the correct version. I am not quite sure why qmail-scanner just doesn't pull the version from the clamd binary instead of a text file. Performance? Best regards, Diego d'Ambra ___

Re: [Clamav-users] Wrong version info in header after upgrade

2005-07-26 Thread Steven Spence
Jim Maul wrote: And in the latest emails i got I see this: Received: (qmail 13171 invoked by uid 567); 26 Jul 2005 11:13:53 - Received: from 83.195.210.114 by host1 (envelope-from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, uid 502) with qmail-scanner-1.25 (clamdscan: 0.86.1/993. spamassassin: 3.0.4. Clear:RC:0

[Clamav-users] clamav only virus? - Trojan.Briss-1

2005-07-26 Thread Pablo Chamorro C.
I installed clamwin under windows 2000 and it found a file infected with Trojan.Briss-1 but looking up in http://www.rainingfrogs.co.uk/index.orig.php?search=num&vid=97961 I'm noting that only clamav detect that virus. How can we know that virus is really a virus if any other antivirus softwa

Re: [Clamav-users] announce?

2005-07-26 Thread Jan Pieter Cornet
On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 12:33:37PM -0700, Christopher McCrory wrote: > What are the chances of getting new version announcements to the 'users' > list also? It seems easy and would save a lot of people the trouble of I think it would be way better if the announce list, and/or possibly the users l

RE: [Clamav-users] protection

2005-07-26 Thread Samuel Benzaquen
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mad Unix > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 8:26 AM > To: ClamAV users ML > Subject: Re: [Clamav-users] protection > > > okay ... thats for the internet mail server, and what about a > Intranet Mail server >

RE: [Clamav-users] protection

2005-07-26 Thread Kenneth Byrne
> -Original Message- > From: Mad Unix [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 26 July 2005 13:26 > To: ClamAV users ML > Subject: Re: [Clamav-users] protection > > > okay ... thats for the internet mail server, and what about a > Intranet Mail server > with local use only Simplest way would b

Re: [Clamav-users] protection

2005-07-26 Thread Daniel J McDonald
On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 16:26 +0400, Mad Unix wrote: > okay ... thats for the internet mail server, and what about a > Intranet Mail server > with local use only > go to eicar.org, grab http://eicar.org/download/eicar.com , and send that file to your mailserver. > > Thanks > > On 7/26/05, Daniel

Re: [Clamav-users] Wrong version info in header after upgrade

2005-07-26 Thread Jim Maul
Thomas Booms wrote: Hello all, I've just upgraded from 0.86.1 to 0.86.2. The test tells me this: freshclam -v Current working dir is /usr/local/share/clamav Max retries == 3 ClamAV update process started at Tue Jul 26 13:17:22 2005 Querying current.cvd.clamav.net TTL: 900 Software version from

Re: [Clamav-users] protection

2005-07-26 Thread Mad Unix
okay ... thats for the internet mail server, and what about a Intranet Mail server with local use only Thanks On 7/26/05, Daniel J McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 15:55 +0400, Mad Unix wrote: > > How can I make sure that my clamav protection working correctly ? > >

Re: [Clamav-users] protection

2005-07-26 Thread Daniel J McDonald
On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 15:55 +0400, Mad Unix wrote: > How can I make sure that my clamav protection working correctly ? http://www.webmail.us/testvirus That sends 30 or so variations on the eicar virus to your mail system. There are two or three that should pass (I think it's 17 and 18, but it has

Re: [Clamav-users] protection

2005-07-26 Thread Rushan Sobar
- Original Message - From: "Mad Unix" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 1:55 PM Subject: [Clamav-users] protection How can I make sure that my clamav protection working correctly ? Thanks ___ http://lurker.clamav.net/list

Re: [Clamav-users] protection

2005-07-26 Thread Steven Stern
Mad Unix wrote: How can I make sure that my clamav protection working correctly ? Use this site: http://www.webmail.us/testvirus to send the Eicar test virus signature to your server. -- Steve ___ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html

[Clamav-users] protection

2005-07-26 Thread Mad Unix
How can I make sure that my clamav protection working correctly ? Thanks ___ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html

Re: [Clamav-users] Upgrading clamav-0.83 to clamav-0.86.1 problem.

2005-07-26 Thread ads nat
I am new to this . Can you guide me to remove old version of clamav. Thanks for support. --- Rob MacGregor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 17/07/05, ads nat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I have installed clamav-0.83 as per documentation > and > > it works fine for me. > > Now i have in

Re: [Clamav-users] update with rpm

2005-07-26 Thread Daniel J McDonald
On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 10:43 +0100, Brian Morrison wrote: > On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 11:18:06 +0200 in > [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Salvatore Basso" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, in the "binary packages and ports" I don't find rpm file for > > version 0.86.2 (in particular for Fedora Core 2), but ther

[Clamav-users] Wrong version info in header after upgrade

2005-07-26 Thread Thomas Booms
Hello all, I've just upgraded from 0.86.1 to 0.86.2. The test tells me this: freshclam -v Current working dir is /usr/local/share/clamav Max retries == 3 ClamAV update process started at Tue Jul 26 13:17:22 2005 Querying current.cvd.clamav.net TTL: 900 Software version from DNS: 0.86.2 main.cvd

Re: [Clamav-users] Configuring clamav-milter & sendmail

2005-07-26 Thread Nigel Horne
> I am sure that this question has been asked before; however, I am unable > to locate the answer I need. > > I am a new user of Clam. I have it installed on a FreeBSD 5.4 machine. > Upon bootup, this message is displayed: > > /usr/local/sbin/clamav-milter: socket-addr > (local:/var/run/clamav/clam

[Clamav-users] Configuring clamav-milter & sendmail

2005-07-26 Thread Gerard Seibert
I am sure that this question has been asked before; however, I am unable to locate the answer I need. I am a new user of Clam. I have it installed on a FreeBSD 5.4 machine. Upon bootup, this message is displayed: /usr/local/sbin/clamav-milter: socket-addr (local:/var/run/clamav/clamav.sock) does

Re: [Clamav-users] clamav log scanning

2005-07-26 Thread Bob Hutchinson
On Tuesday 26 Jul 2005 04:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hello all > > how do i know if the incomming mail's are being scanned. i have 2 log file > in > > /var/log/clamd.log > and > /var/log/freshclam.log > > when i do tail -f /var/log/clamd.log then following are the out put > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Clamav-users] v0.86.2 'OUTDATED' version check INCORRECT ... reports as OLDER than v0.86.1

2005-07-26 Thread Bob Hutchinson
On Monday 25 Jul 2005 04:38, OpenMacNews wrote: > hi luca, > > per your a0.86.2 announcement, i just ul'd & installed v0.86.2 on OSX > 10.4.2; i had previously been running v0.86.1. > > after install, a 'freshclam' results in: > > ClamAV update process started at Sun Jul 24 19:38:48 2005 >

Re: [Clamav-users] update with rpm

2005-07-26 Thread Brian Morrison
On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 11:18:06 +0200 in [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Salvatore Basso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, in the "binary packages and ports" I don't find rpm file for > version 0.86.2 (in particular for Fedora Core 2), but there will be ?? > thanks. Well, you could just download the new source

[Clamav-users] update with rpm

2005-07-26 Thread Salvatore Basso
Hi, in the "binary packages and ports" I don't find rpm file for version 0.86.2 (in particular for Fedora Core 2), but there will be ?? thanks. Salvatore. --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] ___ http://lurker.clamav.net/list

[Clamav-users] clamav log scanning

2005-07-26 Thread rupak
hello all how do i know if the incomming mail's are being scanned. i have 2 log file in /var/log/clamd.log and /var/log/freshclam.log when i do tail -f /var/log/clamd.log then following are the out put [EMAIL PROTECTED] /]# tail -f /var/log/clamd.log Archive: Recursion level limit set to 8. Ar