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