ClamAV 0.93 released

[Julian Field]

I have upgraded the ClamAV+SpamAssassin distribution available at 
www.mailscanner.info.

Note that this new version does *NOT* work with the 'clamavmodule' virus 
scanner. So don't upgrade if you're running the clamavmodule scanner.

Randal, Phil wrote:
>
> *Release Name: 0.93*
> *Notes:*
> This release introduces many new features and engine enhancements, 
> please see the ChangeLog for the list of major changes. The most 
> visible one is the new logic in scan limits which affects some command 
> line and config options of clamscan and clamd. Please see clamscan(1) 
> and clamd.conf(5) and the example config file for more information on 
> the new options.
>
> *Changes:*
>   * libclamav:
>     - New logic in scan limits: provides much more efficient 
> protection against
>       DoS attacks but also results in different command line and 
> config options
>       to clamscan and clamd (see below)
>     - New/improved modules: unzip, SIS, cabinet, CHM, SZDD, text 
> normalisator,
>       entity converter
>     - Improved filetype detection; filetype definitions can be 
> remotely updated
>     - Support for .cld containers (which replace .inc directories)
>     - Improved pattern matcher and signature formats
>     - More efficient scanning of HTML files
>     - Many other improvements
>
>   * clamd:
>     - NEW CONFIG FILE OPTIONS: MaxScanSize, MaxFileSize, MaxRecursion, 
> MaxFiles
>     - ** THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS ARE NO LONGER SUPPORTED **: 
> MailMaxRecursion,
>       ArchiveMaxFileSize, ArchiveMaxRecursion, ArchiveMaxFiles,
>       ArchiveMaxCompressionRatio, ArchiveBlockMax
>
>   * clamscan:
>     - NEW CMDLINE OPTIONS: --max-filesize, --max-scansize
>     - REMOVED OPTIONS: --block-max, --max-space, --max-ratio
>
>   * freshclam:
>     - NEW CONFIG OPTION CompressLocalDatabase
>     - NEW CMDLINE SWITCH --no-warnings
>     - main.inc and daily.inc directories are no longer used by ClamAV; 
> please
>       remove them manually from your database directory
>
> Cheers,
>
> Phil
>

Jules

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