mytob worm only picked up by clamav

[Scott Silva]

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James Gray wrote:
> On Mon, 2 May 2005 12:14 pm, Scott Farrell wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I have 4 virus scanners running, and only clamav is picking this up.
>>
>>Luckily the .pif file extensions is also killing it.
>>
>>What engines are you using that can pick this up, for linux, and I'll go
>>buy another engine?
>>
>>How about bitdefender, does it pick it up?
>
>
> I've been catching it with both ClamAV (0.84) and McAfee/NAI VirusScan (engine
> 4.40.0).  Given NAI's lack of speed in releasing signature updates, I don't
> think they are the best option in terms of bangs-for-bucks.  They do release
> "extra" files when an outbreak occurrs, but these are a pain to deal with in
> any automated fashion

McAfee has been updating daily since the latter part of February.



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