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2024-12-17 Thread Stephen Simpson via clamav-users
Hello, We are seeing an issue with clamonacc on a Rocky Linux server. This is not a machine that we have access to and are asking this on their behalf. They currently are seeing clamonacc consume all the inodes on /tmp. The only way to recover the inodes is to kill clamonacc. Of course, this cause

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2022-09-06 Thread John ff
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2021-03-07 Thread Arnaud Jacques
Hello, I’m using clamwin antivirus on windows server 2003 but now I can’t update anymore. You probably can use ClamAV for Windows (https://www.clamav.net/downloads) and start learning how it works in command line. -- Cordialement / Best regards, Arnaud Jacques Gérant de SecuriteInfo.com

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2021-03-06 Thread Joel Esler (jesler) via clamav-users
ClamWin is not a ClamAV product. They use our engine, but we don’t make it. ClamWin needs to update to a more current version of ClamAV, they are very far behind. — Sent from my  iPad > On Mar 6, 2021, at 21:54, Tech Support via clamav-users > wrote: > >  > Hi, > > > I’m using clamw

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2021-03-06 Thread Tech Support via clamav-users
Hi, I'm using clamwin antivirus on windows server 2003 but now I can't update anymore. I hope there is a way that you can give me support on it. Regards, ___ clamav-users mailing list clamav-users@lists.clamav.net https://lists.cl

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2019-12-01 Thread Tim Hawkins
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2018-11-27 Thread Albert o
Can you guys please tell me the right way to disable MaxFileSize? In my clamd.conf I'm using MaxScanSize 10M MaxFileSize 10M Would placing a # in front of the parameters make it scan any file not depending on its size? What about using MaxScanSize 0 MaxFileSize 0 or even deleting the parame

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2018-08-04 Thread Micah Snyder (micasnyd)
I'm told that the current implementation for VirusEvent in clamd doesn't play well with OnAccess scanning due to the way clamd and OnAccess use threads and the way the current VirusEvent feature relies on forking. VirusEvent was disabled when used with OnAccess until a better implementation can

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2018-08-03 Thread greengrasseyes
I am having a similar issue can anyone confirm or deny this is the reason for issue: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=237489 ___ clamav-users mailing list clamav-users@lists.clamav.net http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-us

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2018-04-20 Thread Remi Bruggeman
2018 1:49 PM To: clamav-users@lists.clamav.net Subject: [clamav-users] (no subject) Hello, I am new to the Linux world and I am learning as I go. I have a couple of issues that I would like to get resolved. Please feel free to provide me answers as to how can I resolved these on my own. My iss

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2018-04-20 Thread Robert Huth
Hello, I am new to the Linux world and I am learning as I go. I have a couple of issues that I would like to get resolved. Please feel free to provide me answers as to how can I resolved these on my own. My issues are as follow. 1. I am not able to install ClamAV 0.100.0. I have installed epel

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2017-12-06 Thread Reindl Harald
for the sake of archives and readers: can mailing lists please start to reject posts with braindead "(no subject)" and people learn to compose readable mails where answers are not randomly on top, bottom and dozen times signatures quoted? i could puke each time someone replies to this thread

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2017-12-06 Thread Ed Christiansen MS
wget database.clamav.net/daily.cvd for the daily updates. On 12/6/2017 12:03 PM, George wrote: Thanks, but this doesn't update the daily.cvd. Should I wait for you to fix the mirros or can I do something myself? Sorry for bothering you, but if there was some guide on what to do in such cases, I

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2017-12-06 Thread George
Thanks, but this doesn't update the daily.cvd. Should I wait for you to fix the mirros or can I do something myself? Sorry for bothering you, but if there was some guide on what to do in such cases, I would use it myself. Best regards, George 2017-12-06 18:32 GMT+02:00 Thomas McCourt (tmccourt) :

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2017-12-06 Thread Thomas McCourt (tmccourt)
Hello, Yeah, run the wget command Wget database.clamav.net/main.cvd That should download it Thanks, Tom On 12/6/17, 11:18 AM, "clamav-users on behalf of George" wrote: >wget >database.clamav.net/main.cvd' ___ clamav-users mailing list clama

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2017-12-06 Thread George
Hi Tom, Thanks for this timely reply. Could you provide a solution or link to update the database by myself? Best regards, George 2017-12-06 16:57 GMT+02:00 Thomas McCourt (tmccourt) : > Hello George, > > I will look into those mirrors to see if they are down. IF a mirror is not > working, it

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2017-12-06 Thread Thomas McCourt (tmccourt)
Hello George, I will look into those mirrors to see if they are down. IF a mirror is not working, it should look to find another one. You could also try 'wget database.clamav.net/main.cvd' To see if it manually downloads it that way, then drop the file in the location We have been working har

Re: [clamav-users] (no subject)

2017-12-06 Thread Thomas McCourt (tmccourt)
Hey, Firstly, this is a permissions issue with the freshclam.log file. I would verify that clamav can write to the log file and see what you have the permissions of that file as. IF you created the clamav user when you first installed clamav, you might need to chown the file with the clamav use

Re: [clamav-users] (no subject)

2017-12-06 Thread Rob Sterenborg
> ERROR: Can't open /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log in append mode (check > permissions!). > ERROR: Problem with internal logger (UpdateLogFile = > /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log). I expect you solved this already? > WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily-24011.cdiff from db.local.clamav.net Whene

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2017-12-06 Thread George
Dear All, How do I update my ClamAV database? I can provide the following details regarding my problem: 1. I run ClamAV 0.99.2/24010; 2. After starting clamscan, I get "The virus database is older than 7 days! Please update it as soon as possible." 3. Ran "sudo /etc/init.d/clamav-freshclam stop; s

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2017-03-10 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 10.03.2017 um 02:50 schrieb Benny Pedersen: Reindl Harald skrev den 2017-03-10 00:42: guess what the list-footer is for (idiot - since every day anotehr one like you does the same bullshit mailing to a list of hunredts or thounsands of people) what was your point of reply public here and

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2017-03-09 Thread Joel Esler (jesler)
These come in spurts. When we suddenly get a rash of 50-100 new people on the list for whatever reason, we get one or two of these. Part of being a member of a community. It sucks that we have these every now and again, and it can be annoying, but we just guide them to the exit and call i

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2017-03-09 Thread Benny Pedersen
Reindl Harald skrev den 2017-03-10 00:42: guess what the list-footer is for (idiot - since every day anotehr one like you does the same bullshit mailing to a list of hunredts or thounsands of people) what was your point of reply public here and still complaining of abuse, hmm very clever ple

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2017-03-09 Thread Reindl Harald
guess what the list-footer is for (idiot - since every day anotehr one like you does the same bullshit mailing to a list of hunredts or thounsands of people) > clamav-users mailing list > clamav-users@lists.clamav.net > http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users Am 09.03.201

Re: [clamav-users] (no subject)

2017-03-09 Thread Al Varnell
You must do that for yourself near the bottom of this page: . -Al- On Thu, Mar 09, 2017 at 08:04 AM, bijan gilani wrote: > > Please take me off of your list. Unsubscribe me. > > Bijan Gilani smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptogr

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2017-03-09 Thread bijan gilani
Please take me off of your list. Unsubscribe me. Bijan Gilani BA, MA, MS, PhD (310) 270-3000 bgil...@luenaarts.com luenaarts.com ___ clamav-users mailing list clamav-users@lists.clamav.net http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users

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2016-09-03 Thread Steve Basford
>LibClamaV Warning: fmap_readpage : preadfail : asked for 4085 >bytes@offset11, got 0 An old post but hopefully advice is still sound... http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/clamav/users/50788 Cheers, Steve Web : sanesecurity.com Blog: sanesecurity.blogspot.com Twitter: @sanesecurity ___

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2016-09-03 Thread Dennis Peterson
Is the file currently being written to by another process? dp On 9/3/16 2:07 AM, Gérard Lemarié wrote: Hello, When I run a clamscan on my computer, clamav returns to me an lot of similar error messages : LibClamaV Warning: fmap_readpage : preadfail : asked for 4085 bytes@offset11, got 0

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2016-09-03 Thread Gérard Lemarié
Hello, When I run a clamscan on my computer, clamav returns to me an lot of similar error messages : LibClamaV Warning: fmap_readpage : preadfail : asked for 4085 bytes@offset11, got 0 Could you help me for this ? Regards Gérard Lemarié ___ Help

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2014-12-30 Thread naresh hcu
Respected Sir/Madam, Could you tell me step-wise how to install stable version 0.98.5 from source code in ubuntu??? --- Naresh On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 1:47 AM, jpff wrote: > Thank you Shawn; that fixes it. I did look at the archive but clearly > inadequately > > All working at

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2014-12-27 Thread jpff
Thank you Shawn; that fixes it. I did look at the archive but clearly inadequately All working at company and university ==John ffitch ___ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq http://www.clamav.net/contact.

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2014-12-22 Thread Shawn Webb
On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 9:04 AM, jpff wrote: > Since building 0.98.5 I am seeing > > ERROR: This tool requires libclamav with functionality level 79 or higher > (current f-level: 77) > > when updating rules. I assume I have some mis-configuration but what? > ==John ff Hey John, You can take a

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2014-12-22 Thread jpff
Since building 0.98.5 I am seeing ERROR: This tool requires libclamav with functionality level 79 or higher (current f-level: 77) when updating rules. I assume I have some mis-configuration but what? ==John ff ___ Help us build a comprehensive ClamA

Re: [clamav-users] (no subject)

2012-10-17 Thread Alain Zidouemba
The signature has been updated this morning to: PHP.Exploit.CVE_2011_4153-2:0:*:3c3f{-512}646566696e6528{-20}7374725f72657065617428{-20}2461726776 Please update your signatures to Daily CVD 15471 or later. Thanks, - Alain ___ Help us build a comprehen

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2012-10-17 Thread Steffen Ewert
Found your message. Thanks Al! (and sorry for my forgotten subject ... :-( ) Steffen > I sent a note out on this yesterday with reference to most Mac OS X users > who have /usr/php/install-pear-nozlib.phar on their hard drives, having > already submitted the file as an FP. Since then there hav

Re: [clamav-users] (no subject)

2012-10-17 Thread Al Varnell
I sent a note out on this yesterday with reference to most Mac OS X users who have /usr/php/install-pear-nozlib.phar on their hard drives, having already submitted the file as an FP. Since then there have been a couple of other Unix users report similar results and a promise to get back to us, but

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2012-10-17 Thread Steffen Ewert
Hi, with the newest DB (updated 4hours ago) I get the following virus detection: /share/c-on/download/Netzwerk/WebTools/DokuWiki/dokuwiki-2011-05-25a.tgz: PHP.Exploit.CVE_2011_4153-2 FOUND /share/c-on/download/Netzwerk/WebTools/DokuWiki/dokuwiki-2009-12-25c.tgz: PHP.Exploit.CVE_2011_4153-2 FOUN

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2012-05-11 Thread Joel Esler
Please run freshclam, an update has been pushed. Joel On May 11, 2012, at 11:40 AM, Andrew Thompson wrote: > > Hello > We were seeing a number of files being quarantined earlier with the reference > BC.Exploit.CVE_2012_1847 FOUND and BC.Exploit.CVE_2012_0184 FOUND. The CVE > numbers point to vu

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2012-05-11 Thread Andrew Thompson
Hello We were seeing a number of files being quarantined earlier with the reference BC.Exploit.CVE_2012_1847 FOUND and BC.Exploit.CVE_2012_0184 FOUND. The CVE numbers point to vulnerabilities found in Microsoft's Excel and Office suites. However, the files were not only excel spreadsheets but also

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2012-03-03 Thread Jayson Brush
Correct. I lowered the StructuredMinCreditCardCount from 3 to 1 and sent five CC#s at a time with no detection. It does detect SSNs fine. Thanks, any other suggestions? 2012/3/3 Török Edwin > On 03/03/2012 04:44 PM, Jayson Brush wrote: > > Hello > > > > I currently have ClamSMTP and ClamAV 0.97

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2012-03-03 Thread Török Edwin
On 03/03/2012 04:44 PM, Jayson Brush wrote: > Hello > > I currently have ClamSMTP and ClamAV 0.97.3 installed on CentOS with > postfix and dovecot. The setup works and ClamAV properly scans all emails > and detects viruses. However, I have enabled the DLP module in Clamd to > detect CC numbers and

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2012-03-03 Thread Jayson Brush
Hello I currently have ClamSMTP and ClamAV 0.97.3 installed on CentOS with postfix and dovecot. The setup works and ClamAV properly scans all emails and detects viruses. However, I have enabled the DLP module in Clamd to detect CC numbers and SSNs and lowered the threshold to 1 for each. When I se

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-11-08 Thread Al Varnell
I had this issue last night. It was fixed between the time I first reported the problem and the time I successfully uploaded the file. I just updated the database one more time and no more false positives. Sent from Janet's iPad -Al- -- Al Varnell On Nov 8, 2010, at 1:21 PM, Eric Black wro

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2010-11-08 Thread Eric Black
Hi, I'm having the same problem as described here: http://lurker.clamav.net/message/20100310.195831.c6c71431.en.html I'm getting false positives on two older files starting today, so I uploaded the files and this was the server response: Result: This file is not detected by ClamAV. Please u

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-05-02 Thread Jobst Schmalenbach
Until a few months ago I had 2(!!!) Redhat 7 servers in full flight running compiled versions of sendmail and clamav (amongst other things). I never had any problems to get the latest versions compiled Jobst On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 01:22:53PM +0300, Török Edwin (edwinto...@gmail.com) wrot

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-21 Thread Dennis Peterson
On 4/21/10 10:06 PM, Eric Rostetter wrote: Quoting Jim Preston : Read what I said. *functional* not security. Like, for example, php is at 5.2.6 on lenny, unless you configure is differently. That's the whole point of releases. There are distros that release functional (feature) upgrades as w

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-21 Thread Eric Rostetter
Quoting Jim Preston : Read what I said. *functional* not security. Like, for example, php is at 5.2.6 on lenny, unless you configure is differently. That's the whole point of releases. There are distros that release functional (feature) upgrades as well as security/bug upgrades... Just as the

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2010-04-21 Thread Eric Rostetter
Quoting Steve Holdoway : Spiro, you're missing the point of a distro completely. That is to provide a functionally static platform for people to use and release to. From that point on, only security patches are released. The fact that 0.94.x was current when debian lenny was released means that

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-21 Thread Jim Preston
On Apr 21, 2010, at 5:08 PM, Steve Holdoway wrote: On Wed, 2010-04-21 at 17:00 -0700, Jim Preston wrote: On Apr 21, 2010, at 2:51 PM, Steve Holdoway wrote: On Thu, 2010-04-22 at 09:07 +1200, Spiro Harvey wrote: But the distro are the ones who gave you outdated unsupported software. Had they

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-21 Thread Jim Preston
On Apr 21, 2010, at 6:02 PM, Chris Knight wrote: On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 12:15 AM, Simon Hobson wrote: Jason Haar wrote: ClamAV devs: your response was appropriate. I speak on behalf of the 99% of sites unaffected by this. You can tell that as only 10 people seem to be involved in th

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-21 Thread Chris Knight
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 12:15 AM, Simon Hobson wrote: > Jason Haar wrote: > >> ClamAV devs: your response was appropriate. I speak on behalf of the 99% >> of sites unaffected by this. You can tell that as only 10 people seem to >> be involved in this thread. > > Only 10 people who thought it wor

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-21 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Wed, 2010-04-21 at 17:00 -0700, Jim Preston wrote: > On Apr 21, 2010, at 2:51 PM, Steve Holdoway wrote: > > > On Thu, 2010-04-22 at 09:07 +1200, Spiro Harvey wrote: > > > >> But the distro are the ones who gave you outdated unsupported > >> software. > >> Had they provided you with a newer pa

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-21 Thread Jim Preston
On Apr 21, 2010, at 2:51 PM, Steve Holdoway wrote: On Thu, 2010-04-22 at 09:07 +1200, Spiro Harvey wrote: But the distro are the ones who gave you outdated unsupported software. Had they provided you with a newer package, you wouldn't have had this problem. Spiro, you're missing the point

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-21 Thread Jim Preston
On Apr 21, 2010, at 2:09 PM, Steve Wray wrote: Spiro Harvey wrote: On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:51:00 +1200 Steve Wray wrote: This would be ok if the distros maintained the servers which their distributed version of Clamav updated from. They don't. The responsibility in this case is that of those

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-21 Thread Jim Preston
On Apr 21, 2010, at 1:51 PM, Steve Wray wrote: Peter Bonivart wrote: On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:39 PM, Christopher X. Candreva wrote: IMHO, open source projects don't have a business side. Opensource projects exist for the developers to get the software they need, faster, through colaborat

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-21 Thread Jim Preston
On Apr 21, 2010, at 1:19 PM, Steve Wray wrote: Spiro Harvey wrote: On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:36:17 +1200 Steve Wray wrote: I know that in certain jurisdictions, reaching out to someone elses computer (ie not your property) and disabling functionality on it could constitute a criminal act. I

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-21 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Thu, 2010-04-22 at 09:07 +1200, Spiro Harvey wrote: > But the distro are the ones who gave you outdated unsupported software. > Had they provided you with a newer package, you wouldn't have had this > problem. Spiro, you're missing the point of a distro completely. That is to provide a function

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-21 Thread Jim Preston
On Apr 21, 2010, at 8:45 AM, Simon Hobson wrote: Jerry wrote: I had thought by now that this thread would have died a natural death. Obviously, I was mistaken. It has continued to pollute this forum for nearly a week. What has become conspicuously apparent is that if those who are doing the

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-21 Thread Steve Wray
Spiro Harvey wrote: On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:51:00 +1200 Steve Wray wrote: This would be ok if the distros maintained the servers which their distributed version of Clamav updated from. They don't. The responsibility in this case is that of those who maintain Clamav, not the distros. I would su

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-21 Thread Spiro Harvey
On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:51:00 +1200 Steve Wray wrote: > This would be ok if the distros maintained the servers which their > distributed version of Clamav updated from. > They don't. The responsibility in this case is that of those who > maintain Clamav, not the distros. > I would suggest that di

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-21 Thread Ken Campney
I can't believe I've been suckered into this nonsense This is part of the attitude problem from many open source projects. They are (too often) run by technicians and programmers with no input from the business side. OH, lets not forget certain users What the Clamav team did, I can't belie

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-21 Thread Jim Preston
On Apr 21, 2010, at 12:15 AM, Simon Hobson wrote: Steve Wray wrote: I know that in certain jurisdictions, reaching out to someone elses computer (ie not your property) and disabling functionality on it could constitute a criminal act. I am also of the opinion that it was illegal under UK

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-21 Thread Steve Wray
Peter Bonivart wrote: On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:39 PM, Christopher X. Candreva wrote: IMHO, open source projects don't have a business side. Opensource projects exist for the developers to get the software they need, faster, through colaboration with others. If anyone else finds it usefull th

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-21 Thread Peter Bonivart
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:39 PM, Christopher X. Candreva wrote: > IMHO, open source projects don't have a business side. > > Opensource projects exist for the developers to get the software they need, > faster, through colaboration with others. If anyone else finds it usefull > that's an added bo

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-21 Thread Steve Wray
Spiro Harvey wrote: On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:19:31 +1200 Steve Wray wrote: Don't get distracted by issues such as "Oh those bad silly sysadmins out there who messed up, its really *their* fault not the fault of the Clamav developers!" That is just *not* helpful. The damage is already done; damag

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-21 Thread Christopher X. Candreva
On Thu, 22 Apr 2010, Steve Wray wrote: > This is part of the attitude problem from many open source projects. > > They are (too often) run by technicians and programmers with no input from the > business side. IMHO, open source projects don't have a business side. Opensource projects exist for

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-21 Thread Spiro Harvey
On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:19:31 +1200 Steve Wray wrote: > Don't get distracted by issues such as "Oh those bad silly sysadmins > out there who messed up, its really *their* fault not the fault of > the Clamav developers!" That is just *not* helpful. The damage is > already done; damage to peoples sy

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-21 Thread Steve Wray
Spiro Harvey wrote: On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:36:17 +1200 Steve Wray wrote: I know that in certain jurisdictions, reaching out to someone elses computer (ie not your property) and disabling functionality on it could constitute a criminal act. I sincerely hope that someone somewhere under such a

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-21 Thread Spiro Harvey
On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:36:17 +1200 Steve Wray wrote: > I know that in certain jurisdictions, reaching out to someone elses > computer (ie not your property) and disabling functionality on it > could constitute a criminal act. > I sincerely hope that someone somewhere under such a jurisdiction >

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-21 Thread Simon Hobson
Eric Rostetter wrote: Put bluntly, if people had admitted early on that perhaps it could have been handled better, that perhaps they didn't consider all classes/types of user, and that it is perhaps not unreasonable that users could be a trifle annoyed ... then this **WOULD** have blown over

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-21 Thread Eric Rostetter
Quoting Simon Hobson : Put bluntly, if people had admitted early on that perhaps it could have been handled better, that perhaps they didn't consider all classes/types of user, and that it is perhaps not unreasonable that users could be a trifle annoyed ... then this **WOULD** have blown

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-21 Thread Eric Rostetter
Quoting lists : Doesn't change a thing. If you threaten me with a course of action, if I fail to do something that is blackmail. It's nothing else. It does not matter if the product is free. This is not the definition of blackmail, in common usage or in law in most areas. In common usage, it

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-21 Thread Simon Hobson
Jerry wrote: I had thought by now that this thread would have died a natural death. Obviously, I was mistaken. It has continued to pollute this forum for nearly a week. What has become conspicuously apparent is that if those who are doing the most complaining had spend even one percent of that

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-21 Thread Jim Preston
lists wrote: Please show us some evidence that clamav made you install there free product on your server. Why didn't you install "some other product"? Is it your server? Then you have the power to install every product you want onto the machine but YOU choose Clamav and they didn't ordered/pay

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-21 Thread Steve Basford
> +1 +0x1 but if you *really* must... http://www.acepolls.com/polls/1116421-clamav-eol-what-do-you-think Steve Sanesecurity ___ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-21 Thread Rob Sterenborg
> > In the interest of eliminating any further waste of my time or > > computer resources, I am now instigating a kill filter on this > > thread. > > +1 +1 ___ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.n

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-21 Thread tBB
Jerry wrote: > What has become conspicuously apparent is that if those who are doing > the most complaining had spend even one percent of that time keeping > their systems up-to-date and keeping themselves abreast of current > development and deployment strategies with the software they employ, >

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-21 Thread Jerry
On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 08:15:35 +0100 Simon Hobson articulated: [snip] I had thought by now that this thread would have died a natural death. Obviously, I was mistaken. It has continued to pollute this forum for nearly a week. What has become conspicuously apparent is that if those who are doing t

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-21 Thread Simon Hobson
Christer Boräng wrote: In message <1271831753.5073.28.ca...@localhost>, lists writes: For instance, if I go to a shop and they give me a radio free. I take that radio home and use it. If that shop then calls me up and says 'If you don't change that radio, I'm going to break it' it is a case of

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-21 Thread Stephan von Krawczynski
On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 08:20:08 +0200 Maurice Lucas - TAOS-IT wrote: > If your lock of the front door is very easy to break open do you want to > change locks? Sorry to jump in. There is a pretty famous film made by Michael Moore where he tested exactly this topic (closed doors) in Canada and foun

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-21 Thread Christer Boräng
In message <1271831753.5073.28.ca...@localhost>, lists writes: >For instance, if I go to a shop and they give me a radio free. I take >that radio home and use it. If that shop then calls me up and says 'If >you don't change that radio, I'm going to break it' it is a case of >blackmail. A better an

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-21 Thread Simon Hobson
Steve Wray wrote: I know that in certain jurisdictions, reaching out to someone elses computer (ie not your property) and disabling functionality on it could constitute a criminal act. I am also of the opinion that it was illegal under UK law. I sincerely hope that someone somewhere under su

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-20 Thread lists
lamAV users ML > > Subject: Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject) > > > > On Tue, 2010-04-20 at 20:34 -0700, Jim Preston wrote: > > > Well, prosecution would be justified if ClamAV had actually done > > > something illegal. > > > > They did. Releasing '

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-20 Thread Maurice Lucas - TAOS-IT
> -Original Message- > From: clamav-users-boun...@lists.clamav.net [mailto:clamav-users- > boun...@lists.clamav.net] On Behalf Of lists > Sent: woensdag 21 april 2010 8:10 > To: ClamAV users ML > Subject: Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject) > > On Tue, 2010-04-20 at

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-20 Thread Dave Warren
In message <4bce64a1.8040...@cwa.co.nz> Steve Wray was claimed to have wrote: >The thing is that there are a few little issues here that, as points of law >are not clear yet. In what follows words like 'vendor' may not be used >entirely legally precisely, IANAL, but I am certain that with a bit

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-20 Thread Maurice Lucas - TAOS-IT
> From: clamav-users-boun...@lists.clamav.net [mailto:clamav-users- > boun...@lists.clamav.net] On Behalf Of Jim Preston > Steve Wray wrote: > > Spiro Harvey wrote: > >>> Shame you haven't talked to to others - like havp for example - > before > >>> doing this. > >> > >> The announcement to EOL the

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-20 Thread lists
On Tue, 2010-04-20 at 20:34 -0700, Jim Preston wrote: > Well, prosecution would be justified if ClamAV had actually done > something illegal. They did. Releasing 'code' that they new had a potential to harm or interfere with the operation of systems. It's a clearly defined CRIMINAL offence in my

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-20 Thread Francesco Peeters
On 4/21/10 05:38 , Jim Preston wrote: > Steve Wray wrote: >> I am not a lawyer but I do think that this is something that the >> authorities might possibly examine. >> >> I do think that pushing out an update which disables functionality >> without explicitly requesting permission to make such a ch

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-20 Thread Jim Preston
Steve Wray wrote: I am not a lawyer but I do think that this is something that the authorities might possibly examine. I do think that pushing out an update which disables functionality without explicitly requesting permission to make such a change *before* making that change *should* be crim

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-20 Thread Jim Preston
Well, prosecution would be justified if ClamAV had actually done something illegal. What they did was modifiy their signature database to support new features with advance notice and the fact that any particular installation of unsupported software failed to handle it properly is the onus of th

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-20 Thread Steve Wray
Jim Preston wrote: Steve Wray wrote: Spiro Harvey wrote: Shame you haven't talked to to others - like havp for example - before doing this. The announcement to EOL the old releases was made at the start of october last year. If people using clam as an integral part of their software don't rea

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-20 Thread Jim Preston
Steve Wray wrote: Spiro Harvey wrote: Shame you haven't talked to to others - like havp for example - before doing this. The announcement to EOL the old releases was made at the start of october last year. If people using clam as an integral part of their software don't read announcements, wha

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-20 Thread Jason Haar
On 04/21/2010 02:36 PM, Steve Wray wrote: > > Because Clamav is now in the same category as Apple, Amazon and Sony > (to name three that come to mind right away). This is the category of > vendors who have remotely disabled (or removed) software running on > computers or devices belonging to their

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-20 Thread Steve Wray
Spiro Harvey wrote: Shame you haven't talked to to others - like havp for example - before doing this. The announcement to EOL the old releases was made at the start of october last year. If people using clam as an integral part of their software don't read announcements, what fault is that of

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-20 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Mon, 2010-04-19 at 17:28 -0700, Dennis Peterson wrote: [...] > The question wasn't directed to my but I'd like to see them be more selective > as > to who should be allowed to use this product. Maybe an IQ test. No. Everyone should be allowed to shoot in the foot - with free/open source or pr

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-19 Thread Simon Hobson
Dennis Peterson wrote: The question wasn't directed to my but I'd like to see them be more selective as to who should be allowed to use this product. Maybe an IQ test. Really that is an insulting statement - and completely un called for. It's exactly the sort of attitude that drives people a

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-19 Thread Dennis Peterson
On 4/19/10 9:22 AM, Jim Preston wrote: But on a more serious note, what method would you like to have had them take to make you aware of the impending failure? The question wasn't directed to my but I'd like to see them be more selective as to who should be allowed to use this product. Maybe

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-19 Thread Simon Hobson
Yes, and most likely the case and most likely the managers screaming that it should not have failed because they did not authorize the server to fail. And yes this a weak attempt at humor on my part and not in need of retort. Not so weak - but it sounds like you've met some of my past managers

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-19 Thread Jim Preston
> 2) If it aint broke - don't fix it. There's no way I'd attempt a major upgrade in-place when it's a live server used 24*7. For various internal reasons (which I'm sure you can guess) I don't have the resources to do anything but an in-place upgrade if I want to upgrade. Well if they don't

Re: [Clamav-users] (no subject)

2010-04-18 Thread Simon Hobson
Spiro Harvey wrote: So for 405 days you've done no kernel patches? Awesome. I bet that server's a bunch of remote exploits waiting to happen (if they haven't already). Using massive uptimes to prove how cool your server is actually just shows that you're not doing the right maintenance. Or it

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