Re: [Clamav-users] How To Clean Infected Files

2008-09-11 Thread Brandon Perry
> > > $clamscan -r /home --remove > This is correct. > > > -- > Carlos Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ___ > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net > http://www.clamav.net/support/ml > -- http://www.volatileminds.net

Re: [Clamav-users] How To Clean Infected Files

2008-09-11 Thread Carlos Williams
Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: > On 10.09.08 11:43, Brandon Perry wrote: >> Because you are removing the file, not just the virus. ClamAV can't >> disinfect as there is no need to. > > Sctually, some viruses append javascript code at the end offile they are > modifying. Cleaning that would help (al

Re: [Clamav-users] How To Clean Infected Files

2008-09-11 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 10.09.08 11:43, Brandon Perry wrote: > Because you are removing the file, not just the virus. ClamAV can't > disinfect as there is no need to. Sctually, some viruses append javascript code at the end offile they are modifying. Cleaning that would help (although I don't know until when...) --

Re: [Clamav-users] How To Clean Infected Files

2008-09-10 Thread Tomasz Kojm
On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:06:46 +0200 Tomasz Kojm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:01:48 -0400 > Carlos Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What if I am using Maildir/ style mailboxes? Will it still delete / > > remove the users entire Maildir directory rather than just the

Re: [Clamav-users] How To Clean Infected Files

2008-09-10 Thread Tomasz Kojm
On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:01:48 -0400 Carlos Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What if I am using Maildir/ style mailboxes? Will it still delete / > remove the users entire Maildir directory rather than just the infected > files? I would hope this simply removes/deletes the files deemed > "inf

Re: [Clamav-users] How To Clean Infected Files

2008-09-10 Thread Carlos Williams
Tomasz Kojm wrote: > On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:41:39 -0400 > Carlos Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Brandon Perry wrote: >>> Read the documentation or the man page, I am sure it has all the info you >>> need :-). >> I found: >> >> --remove >> Remove infected files. Be careful. >> >> Why is t

Re: [Clamav-users] How To Clean Infected Files

2008-09-10 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Sep 10, 2008, at 9:41 AM, Carlos Williams wrote: > --remove > Remove infected files. Be careful. > > Why is this dangerous or does it have a caveat warning? It's got a caveat because it's going to delete anything which matches it's signatures-- and even things with URLs which happen to trigge

Re: [Clamav-users] How To Clean Infected Files

2008-09-10 Thread Tomasz Kojm
On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:41:39 -0400 Carlos Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brandon Perry wrote: > > Read the documentation or the man page, I am sure it has all the info you > > need :-). > > I found: > > --remove > Remove infected files. Be careful. > > Why is this dangerous or does it ha

Re: [Clamav-users] How To Clean Infected Files

2008-09-10 Thread Brandon Perry
Because you are removing the file, not just the virus. ClamAV can't disinfect as there is no need to. On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Carlos Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Brandon Perry wrote: > > Read the documentation or the man page, I am sure it has all the info you > > need :-). > >

Re: [Clamav-users] How To Clean Infected Files

2008-09-10 Thread Carlos Williams
Brandon Perry wrote: > Read the documentation or the man page, I am sure it has all the info you > need :-). I found: --remove Remove infected files. Be careful. Why is this dangerous or does it have a caveat warning? The man page does not specify for whatever reason. I assume I run: $ clamsca

Re: [Clamav-users] How To Clean Infected Files

2008-09-10 Thread René Berber
Carlos Williams wrote: > I used clamscan for the 1st time manually yesterday and it took some > time to recursively scan my users home directory where email is stored. > > It found many infected files so my question is how do I force clamscan > to clean or remove all the problem files it found?

Re: [Clamav-users] How To Clean Infected Files

2008-09-10 Thread Brandon Perry
Read the documentation or the man page, I am sure it has all the info you need :-). On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 10:13 AM, Carlos Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I used clamscan for the 1st time manually yesterday and it took some > time to recursively scan my users home directory where email is

[Clamav-users] How To Clean Infected Files

2008-09-10 Thread Carlos Williams
I used clamscan for the 1st time manually yesterday and it took some time to recursively scan my users home directory where email is stored. It found many infected files so my question is how do I force clamscan to clean or remove all the problem files it found? --- SCAN SUMMARY ---