[Mimedefang] ClamAV effectiveness

Helmut Hullen Hullen at t-online.de
Fri Oct 11 08:02:00 EDT 2013


Hallo, Andrew,

Du meintest am 11.10.13:


> I have to agree that ClamAV seems well behind other software
> packages.

> I do get a numbers of attachments e-mail to me which I then check via
> https://www.virustotal.com and they are then reported as a virus.

I'd first test for "*.exe" or "zipped *.exe"; it's more reliable and a  
lot faster for declaring those attachments as "suspicious".

Viele Gruesse!
Helmut



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