Noel,
On Tuesday, 2024-03-12 12:24:48 -0500, you wrote:
> ...
> You can read about it here for clues about why your test didn't work.
> https://www.eicar.org/
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EICAR_test_file
Thanks for these pointers :-)
So the file size is restricted to 128 characters and the f
Noel,
On Wednesday, 2024-03-13 11:59:16 -0500, you wrote:
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> To test email, include the EICAR as an attachment, and make sure
> your email software is able to scan attachments.
Good idea, thanks :-)
I wrote another mail specific virus test script involving a "tar" ar-
chive containing
Nick,
On Tuesday, 2024-04-02 19:07:56 +, you wrote:
> ...
> 1. clamscan --exclude-dir=/tmp/
> 2. clamscan --exclude-dir=/tmp/*
> 3. clamscan --exclude-dir="^/tmp/"
What you specify here are regular expressions matching the path to a di-
rectory, but a trailing slash is never part o
Sarah,
On Sun, 21 Jul 2024 16:08:30 +1200 you wrote:
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> $ sudo clamscan --recursive --infected /home/sarah
I would not recommend scanning the complete home directory on a regular
basis. You can do that once after you have everything set-up, but it
may take quite some time ...
Basicall
Sarah,
On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 18:02:52 +1200 you wrote:
> ...
> I understand that clamTK is no longer maintained.
That's right. But that doesn't mean it will stop working in the near
future. Just use it as long as it still works and in the meantime also
make yourself familiar with ClamAV's co
Greetings,
on my rig I maintain ClamAV specific test scripts which check the cur-
rent configuration for matching my needs. One of these scripts checks
whether or not the configuration line
ExcludePath /[.]mail/[.]Tests/procmailrc/Virus[.]
works for both, "clamdscan" and "clamscan".
Thi
Greetings,
On Sun, 20 Jul 2025 13:31:34 +0200 I myself wrote:
> ...
> on my rig I maintain ClamAV specific test scripts which check the cur-
> rent configuration for matching my needs. One of these scripts checks
> whether or not the configuration line
>
>ExcludePath /[.]mail/[.]Tests/p
