Advance notice: End of Life for ClamAV 0.103 database updates
"Val Snyder \(micasnyd\) via clamav-announce" <[email protected]> Thu, 27 Mar 2025 19:58:56 +0000
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ife-for-clamav.html
ClamAV version 0.103 will reach its end of life (EOL) for database updates =
on September 14, 2025. After this date, this version will no longer receive=
the latest virus definitions.
To ensure your systems remain protected, please upgrade to the latest suppo=
rted version of ClamAV before the end-of-life date. This will provide conti=
nued access to essential security updates and features.
We recommend that users update to the newest release, ClamAV 1.4 LTS. For u=
sers that are unable to upgrade to version 1.4, you may find that ClamAV 1.=
0 LTS is more suitable. The most recent version of ClamAV can be found on t=
he ClamAV Downloads page<https://www.clamav.net/downloads>, on the ClamAV G=
itHub Releases page<https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav/releases>, and th=
rough Docker Hub<https://hub.docker.com/u/clamav>. Information about how to=
install ClamAV is available in our online documentation<https://docs.clama=
v.net/manual/Installing.html>.
The following is a list of major changes available to users in the newest v=
ersions of ClamAV.
ClamAV 1.0 LTS improves upon ClamAV 0.103 with features such as:
* A new detection capability based on comparing image fuzzy hashes
* [Windows] A feature to start ClamD and Freshclam as Windows services
* [Windows] A feature to scan process memory with either ClamScan or Cl=
amDScan
* Signature database load progress bars for ClamScan
* Support for extracting images from OLE2-based Excel documents
* The ability to use *.cat files with CRB signature rules to trust sign=
ed Windows executables
* Support for decrypting read-only OLE2-based XLS files that are encryp=
ted with the default password
* Significant reliability improvements to the All-Match scanning mode M=
ultiple libclamav API improvements
ClamAV 1.4 LTS improves upon ClamAV 1.0 with features such as:
* Support for extracting Universal Disk Format (UDF) partitions
* Support for extracting ALZ archives
* Support for extracting LHA/LZH archives
* Support for extracting images embedded in HTML CSS style-blocks
* Support for extracting attachments found in Microsoft OneNote files
* An option to customize the size of ClamAV's clean file cache
* Effective removal of the MaxScanSize limit so the total amount of dat=
a scanned when scanning a file or archive may exceed 4GB. Note: This does n=
ot allow individual file size to exceed the 2GB limit
* The ability for Freshclam to use a client certificate PEM file and a =
private key PEM file for authentication to a private mirror
* A new ClamScan and ClamD option to fail to load if the provided signa=
ture database is older than a given number of days
* Multiple libclamav API improvements
You can learn more about ClamAV's End of Life policy here<https://docs.clam=
av.net/faq/faq-eol.html>. If you have any questions, please ask on our mail=
ing list or in the ClamAV Discord<https://docs.clamav.net/#mailing-lists-an=
d-chat>.
Thank you for your continued support.
Val Snyder (they/them)
ClamAV Development
Talos
Cisco Systems, Inc.
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ClamAV version 0.103 will reach its end of life (EOL) for database updates =
on September 14, 2025. After this date, this version will no longer receive=
the latest virus definitions. </div>
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or: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
To ensure your systems remain protected, please upgrade to the latest suppo=
rted version of ClamAV before the end-of-life date. This will provide conti=
nued access to essential security updates and features. </div>
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margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont=
, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">
<span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We recommend that users update to the =
newest release, ClamAV 1.4 LTS. For users that are unable to upgrade to ver=
sion 1.4, you may find that ClamAV 1.0 LTS is more suitable. The most recen=
t version of ClamAV can be found on
</span><span style=3D"color: rgb(239, 62, 66);"><a href=3D"https://www.clam=
av.net/downloads" id=3D"OWAf49e4d9f-c2de-239b-63aa-963059f5cf7b" class=3D"O=
WAAutoLink" style=3D"color: rgb(239, 62, 66);">the ClamAV Downloads page</a=
></span><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">,
on </span><span style=3D"color: rgb(239, 62, 66);"><a href=3D"https://gith=
ub.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav/releases" id=3D"OWAa7023639-c963-895d-612b-631dce=
912d1b" class=3D"OWAAutoLink" style=3D"color: rgb(239, 62, 66);">the ClamAV=
GitHub Releases page</a></span><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">,
and through </span><span style=3D"color: rgb(239, 62, 66);"><a href=3D"htt=
ps://hub.docker.com/u/clamav" id=3D"OWA668bf340-d476-3e22-1cdc-4c902fc06258=
" class=3D"OWAAutoLink" style=3D"color: rgb(239, 62, 66);">Docker Hub</a></=
span><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.
Information about how to install ClamAV is available in </span><span style=
=3D"color: rgb(239, 62, 66);"><a href=3D"https://docs.clamav.net/manual/Ins=
talling.html" id=3D"OWAb9d727cf-cf84-3dee-fc51-18d82ce851d4" class=3D"OWAAu=
toLink" style=3D"color: rgb(239, 62, 66);">our
online documentation</a></span><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. =
;</span></div>
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, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; col=
or: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
The following is a list of major changes available to users in the newest v=
ersions of ClamAV. </div>
<div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; =
margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont=
, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; col=
or: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
ClamAV 1.0 LTS improves upon ClamAV 0.103 with features such as: </div=
>
<ul style=3D"text-align: left; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding-right: 2.5em; pad=
ding-left: 2.5em; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc;">
<li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, C=
alibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-i=
ndent: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em;">
A new detection capability based on comparing image fuzzy hashes </li>=
<li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, C=
alibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-i=
ndent: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em;">
[Windows] A feature to start ClamD and Freshclam as Windows services <=
/li><li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontServic=
e, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); te=
xt-indent: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em;">
[Windows] A feature to scan process memory with either ClamScan or ClamDSca=
n </li><li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFo=
ntService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0=
, 0); text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em;">
Signature database load progress bars for ClamScan </li><li style=3D"f=
ont-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvet=
ica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-indent: 0px; ma=
rgin: 0px 0px 0.25em;">
Support for extracting images from OLE2-based Excel documents </li><li=
style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Cali=
bri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-inde=
nt: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em;">
The ability to use *.cat files with CRB signature rules to trust signed Win=
dows executables </li><li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedF=
ont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; =
color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em;">
Support for decrypting read-only OLE2-based XLS files that are encrypted wi=
th the default password </li><li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_Em=
beddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:=
12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em;">
Significant reliability improvements to the All-Match scanning mode Multipl=
e libclamav API improvements</li></ul>
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margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont=
, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; col=
or: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
ClamAV 1.4 LTS improves upon ClamAV 1.0 with features such as: </div>
<ul style=3D"text-align: left; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding-right: 2.5em; pad=
ding-left: 2.5em; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc;">
<li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, C=
alibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-i=
ndent: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em;">
Support for extracting Universal Disk Format (UDF) partitions</li><li style=
=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, H=
elvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-indent: 0p=
x; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em;">
Support for extracting ALZ archives </li><li style=3D"font-family: Apt=
os, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif=
; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0=
.25em;">
Support for extracting LHA/LZH archives </li><li style=3D"font-family:=
Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-s=
erif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px 0=
px 0.25em;">
Support for extracting images embedded in HTML CSS style-blocks </li><=
li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Ca=
libri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-in=
dent: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em;">
Support for extracting attachments found in Microsoft OneNote files </=
li><li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService=
, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); tex=
t-indent: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em;">
An option to customize the size of ClamAV's clean file cache </li><li =
style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calib=
ri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-inden=
t: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em;">
Effective removal of the MaxScanSize limit so the total amount of data scan=
ned when scanning a file or archive may exceed 4GB. Note: This does not all=
ow individual file size to exceed the 2GB limit </li><li style=3D"font=
-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica=
, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-indent: 0px; margi=
n: 0px 0px 0.25em;">
The ability for Freshclam to use a client certificate PEM file and a privat=
e key PEM file for authentication to a private mirror </li><li style=
=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, H=
elvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-indent: 0p=
x; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em;">
A new ClamScan and ClamD option to fail to load if the provided signature d=
atabase is older than a given number of days </li><li style=3D"font-fa=
mily: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, s=
ans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-indent: 0px; margin: =
0px 0px 0.25em;">
Multiple libclamav API improvements </li></ul>
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<span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">You can learn more about ClamAV's End =
of Life policy
</span><span style=3D"color: rgb(239, 62, 66);"><a href=3D"https://docs.cla=
mav.net/faq/faq-eol.html" id=3D"OWA7bb19e32-c27b-23dd-9323-42d793b6d3a8" cl=
ass=3D"OWAAutoLink" style=3D"color: rgb(239, 62, 66);">here</a></span><span=
style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. If you have
any questions, please </span><span style=3D"color: rgb(239, 62, 66);"><a h=
ref=3D"https://docs.clamav.net/#mailing-lists-and-chat" id=3D"OWA65feaa20-3=
a9b-23b5-fee7-22ac62dcb5c5" class=3D"OWAAutoLink" style=3D"color: rgb(239, =
62, 66);">ask on our mailing list or in the
ClamAV Discord</a></span><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.  =
;</span></div>
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Thank you for your continued support. </div>
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<span style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">Val Snyder (they/t=
hem)</span><br>
<span style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">ClamAV Development=
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<span style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">Talos</span><br>
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