Re: [Clamav-users] vmlinux broken executable

2009-04-06 Thread aCaB
Mark Grieveson wrote: > Thanks for the response. So, out with these broken files. When in > doubt, throw it out, as they say. Hi, The broken exe detection was introduced as a form of cheap heuristics against buggy mail worms which fails to properly attach to the message. These may go unnoticed b

Re: [Clamav-users] vmlinux broken executable

2009-04-05 Thread Mark Grieveson
On Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:19:56 -0400 Nathan Brink wrote: > > Anyway, I'm not sure what to do with these results. Should I delete > > these three files, or will that screw up my system? > > > Deleting these files should not affect your system. Thanks for the response. So, out with these bro

Re: [Clamav-users] vmlinux broken executable

2009-04-05 Thread Nathan Brink
Mark Grieveson wrote: > Hello. I ran clamav, and it informed me that three files were broken > executables, these three being: > > /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.18/vmlinux 3.27MB -rwxr-xr-x > /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.18/.tmp_vmlinux1 3.13MB -rwxr-xr-x > /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.18/.tmp_vmlinux2 3.27

[Clamav-users] vmlinux broken executable

2009-04-05 Thread Mark Grieveson
Hello. I ran clamav, and it informed me that three files were broken executables, these three being: /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.18/vmlinux 3.27MB -rwxr-xr-x /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.18/.tmp_vmlinux1 3.13MB -rwxr-xr-x /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.18/.tmp_vmlinux2 3.27MB -rwxr-xr-x All three are root