ClamAV and 'Oversized Zip' problem

[Rick Cooper]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info 
> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf 
> Of Peter Bates
> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 10:49 AM
> To: mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info
> Subject: ClamAV and 'Oversized Zip' problem
> 
> 
> Hello all...
> 
> As far as I can see, this start happening about noon today.
> 
> Also apologies for it not being strictly a MailScanner problem.
> 
> Some zipfiles (possibly all, I haven't tested personally)
> are being caught by the ClamAV-module as follows:
> 
> Quarantine: 
> /var/spool/MailScanner/quarantine/20070112/9E4E7140314.1B7BB
>     Report: ClamAV Module: STATA_files_2007-01-06.zip was 
> infected: Oversized.Zip
> 
> # clamscan -V
> ClamAV 0.88.7/2437/Thu Jan 11 23:59:09 2007
> # clamscan -v STATA_files_2007-01-06.zip
> Scanning STATA_files_2007-01-06.zip
> STATA_files_2007-01-06.zip: OK
[..]

There were some lib changes with the 0.88.7 release and you need to do a
forced rebuild of the Mail::ClamAV package.
	cpan -if Mail::ClamAV
Should do it.

Rick


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