ClamAV 0.84 released

[Julian Field]

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I tend to rpm -e the packages for clamav and SA, then install from the
tarball. Your alternative is Dag Wieers rpm packages, they are usually
up to date and complete.

Peter Russell wrote:

> Do you recomend using this for upgrading RHEL mailscanner rpm
> installations?
>
> Pete
>
> Julian Field wrote:
>
>> It turns out I'm a bit early, so I have just updated the
>> ClamAV+SpamAssassin installation package so it contains
>>
>> SpamAssassin 3.0.3
>> ClamAV 0.84
>> & all the modules they need to have installed.
>>
>> Using this package is enormously easier than installing everything by
>> hand yourself, as there are a lot of dependencies on other perl modules.
>>
>> Julian Field wrote:
>>
>>> Cool!
>>> I'm about to go out for an evening off, but hope that tomorrow I will
>>> build this into the ClamAV+SA tarball I make for you.
>>>
>>> I'm also planning on releasing the stable 4.41 tomorrow too. Assuming
>>> that it's the 1st May tomorrow (I've got a bit lost recently)... :-)
>>>
>>> Stephen Swaney wrote:
>>>
>>>> ClamAV 0.84 released
>>>> http://www.clamav.net
>>>>
>>>> Notes
>>>> Release Name: 0.84
>>>>
>>>> Notes:
>>>> 0.84
>>>> ----
>>>>
>>>> This version improves detection of JPEG (MS04-028) based exploits,
>>>> introduces support for TNEF files and new detection mechanisms.
>>>> Various
>>>> bugfixes (including problems with scanning of digest mail files) and
>>>> improvements have been made.
>>>> We encourage users to help testing the development versions, now with
>>>> rewritten RAR code and support for 3.0 archives! Visit
>>>> http://www.clamav.net/snapshot/
>>>>
>>>> -) libclamav:
>>>>    + JPEG exploit detector now also checks embedded Photoshop
>>>> thumbnail
>>>> images
>>>>    + archive meta-data scanner (improves malware detection within
>>>> encrypted
>>>> archives)
>>>>    + support for TNEF (winmail.dat) decoding
>>>>    + support for all tar archive formats
>>>>    + MD5 implementation replaced with a slightly faster one
>>>>    + improved database reloading with reference counter
>>>>    + database updateable false positive eliminator
>>>>    + speed improvements
>>>>    + various bugfixes
>>>> -) clamd:
>>>>    + VirusEvent now sets CLAM_VIRUSEVENT_FILENAME and
>>>> CLAM_VIRUSEVENT_VIRUSNAME
>>>>      environment variables
>>>> -) clamav-milter:
>>>>    + improved database update detection when not --external
>>>> -) clamscan:
>>>>    + new options --include-dir and exclude-dir
>>>>    + new option --max-dir-recursion
>>>> -) freshclam:
>>>>    + new directive LocalIPAddress
>>>> -) contrib:
>>>>    + clamdmon 1.0 - clamdwatch replacement written in C
>>>> -) 3rd party software:
>>>>    + hMailServer - open source e-mail server for Microsoft Window
>>>>    + pop3.proxy - proxy server for the POP3 protocol
>>>>    + HTTP Anti Virus Proxy
>>>>    + SmarterMail Filter - ClamAV based plugin for SmarterMail Mail
>>>> Server
>>>>    + smf-clamd - small & fast virus filter for Sendmail
>>>>    + Squidclam - replacement for SquidClamAV-Redirector.py written
>>>> in C
>>>>    + QtClamAVclient - remote clamd client based on the Qt Toolkit
>>>>    + qpsmtp - flexible smtpd daemon written in Perl
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>> Steve Swaney
>>>> President
>>>> Fortress Systems Ltd.
>>>> www.fsl.com
>>>> steve.swaney at fsl.com
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