Re: [clamav-users] Question on clamAV signatures

2013-01-23 Thread Kaushik Vaidyanathan
Thanks Dave and Al for spending time answering my questions.. I did go through the two documents before but did not understand how the different database get deployed.. I was under the (wrong) impression that all the databases would contain signatures for all malware.. I saw the different formats a

Re: [clamav-users] Question on clamAV signatures

2013-01-23 Thread Benny Pedersen
Kaushik Vaidyanathan skrev den 24-01-2013 02:52: I had a couple of basic questions: a) Of the different signature formats in the cvd file(like mdb, ldb, ndb) which format does clamav use? all off them Does it pick a format(ldb, mdb, ndb etc.) depending on the nature of the file under inspe

Re: [clamav-users] Question on clamAV signatures

2013-01-23 Thread David Raynor
On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 9:56 PM, Al Varnell wrote: > On 1/23/13 5:52 PM, "Kaushik Vaidyanathan" wrote: > > > I had a couple of basic questions: > > a) Of the different signature formats in the cvd file(like mdb, ldb, ndb) > > which format does clamav use? Does it pick a format(ldb, mdb, ndb > >

Re: [clamav-users] Question on clamAV signatures

2013-01-23 Thread Al Varnell
On 1/23/13 5:52 PM, "Kaushik Vaidyanathan" wrote: > I had a couple of basic questions: > a) Of the different signature formats in the cvd file(like mdb, ldb, ndb) > which format does clamav use? Does it pick a format(ldb, mdb, ndb > etc.) depending on the nature of the file under inspection? > I

[clamav-users] Question on clamAV signatures

2013-01-23 Thread Kaushik Vaidyanathan
Hi I had a couple of basic questions: a) Of the different signature formats in the cvd file(like mdb, ldb, ndb) which format does clamav use? Does it pick a format(ldb, mdb, ndb etc.) depending on the nature of the file under inspection? b) I guess ldb files are tough to create automatically. If