Re: [Clamav-users] Virus submission timing

2009-05-18 Thread aCaB
Dan wrote: > So you would prefer we submit directly to ClamAV at > Yes, we do. -acab ___ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml

Re: [Clamav-users] How exactly does the API function in ClamAV source?

2009-05-18 Thread aCaB
Stormont, Stephen (IMS) wrote: > We are thinking of utilizing ClamAV, but we wanted to know exactly > how the API is implemented. Does the client makes a socket connection to a > daemon. Or does the client load a shared object file which includes the > provided functionality. Or does

Re: [Clamav-users] Virus submission timing

2009-05-18 Thread Dan
At 5:03 PM +0200 5/18/2009, aCaB wrote: >Since VT feeds are pretty massive and contains very random files >(including false positives from other vendors, lots of tests - the bad >guys know about VT as well) we generally classify those samples as low >priority. >On the other hand, user sumbissions h

[Clamav-users] How exactly does the API function in ClamAV source?

2009-05-18 Thread Stormont, Stephen (IMS)
We are thinking of utilizing ClamAV, but we wanted to know exactly how the API is implemented. Does the client makes a socket connection to a daemon. Or does the client load a shared object file which includes the provided functionality. Or does the client make a shell call to use a c

Re: [Clamav-users] Virus submission timing

2009-05-18 Thread aCaB
Dan wrote: > Hi, > > After submitting something to VirusTotal, and getting the response > back that shows only one or two products detected it as a virus... > > VirusTotal then automatically forwards the item to all the vendors? Yes, if the vendor asks for the stuff. Yes we do receive samples

[Clamav-users] Virus submission timing

2009-05-18 Thread Dan
At 10:40 AM -0400 5/12/2009, Tom Shaw wrote in the thread "Re: [Clamav-users] VIRUS? PHISH?" > >You can check by sending to s...@virustotal.com with the word SCAN >as the subject and attach the suspected malware. virustotal will >forward to AV vendors including ClamAV. Hi, After submitting s

Re: [Clamav-users] [Clamav-announce] Sourceforge Community Choice Awards 2009

2009-05-18 Thread Beppe Di Maio
I think we should also nominate ClamAV in the category "Best project for the enterprise", like we did in the past. On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Luca Gibelli wrote: > Hello, > > nominations for Sourceforge Community Choice Awards 2009 opened last > week. > > The projects with the highest numbe

Re: [Clamav-users] Announce: milter_watch-0.6

2009-05-18 Thread Jose-Marcio Martins da Cruz
Damian Menscher wrote: > I am pleased to announce a new release of milter_watch, a utility > designed to run out of cron to verify the correct functionality of > spam- and virus-filtering milters (so they can be automatically > restarted if they misbehave). Current users should read the > document