ClamAV 0.84 released

Roger Jochem roger at RUDNICK.COM.BR
Mon May 2 12:54:18 IST 2005


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I just installed the new package, and when I run a SpamAssassin lint it
shows version 3.0.2 for me... What could be the problem?

I already searched and don't have the rpm verison installed, only the
tarball one...

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Subject: Re: ClamAV 0.84 released


> 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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