ClamAV does not detect W32MyDoom?

Martin Hepworth martinh at SOLID-STATE-LOGIC.COM
Mon May 16 11:38:38 IST 2005


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Devi

what version of ClamAV and have you submitted a sample to Clamav.net ???

f-prot and kapersky are good pay-fors as is Sophos.

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Martin Hepworth
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Solid State Logic
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Devi Sambamoorthy wrote:
> Today I recd a virus email with the name of virus as W32MyDoom. 
> MailScanner / ClamAV didn^Òt catch the virus. I checked the ClamAV site 
> but unable to find any info on that. My cvd is up to date and I am 
> running MailScanner 4.38. with ClamAV. Should I go for secondary 
> protection for mail server? Please advice.
> 
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> 
> Regards,
> 
> Devi S.
> 
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> 
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