Re: Request for Extension of Virus Definition Updates for ClamAV Version 0.103

We currently have no plan to change anything that will break the existing signature format.
Once a version has reached EOL we stop testing new signatures with those versions.

 It is possible but highly unlikely that new signatures may cause older version to stop functioning.

We will eventually block 0.103, 0.104 and 0.105 versions from downloading updates in the same way that 0.102 is currently blocked.

We recommend updating to the most current version to continue to have the best results.

Brendan


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From: clamav-users <[email protected]> on behalf of Michael Orlitzky via clamav-users <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 6, 2025 4:30 PM
To: ClamAV users ML <[email protected]>
Cc: Michael Orlitzky <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [clamav-users] Request for Extension of Virus Definition Updates for ClamAV Version 0.103

On 2025-06-06 19:47:16, Val Snyder (micasnyd) via clamav-users wrote:
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> By community request, we already extended the 0.103 LTS end-of-life (EOL) by one year longer than originally planned (https://blog.clamav.net/2023/05/end-of-life-eol-policy-change-0103-one.html). Regrettably, we cannot extend the EOL further, not even just for database testing and download support alone.

Acknowledging that one would be completely on his own for security
issues and bug fixes, there should be no technical problem with using
signatures downloaded using a newer version of freshclam... until
there is. Is this the date that a breaking change (newer type of
signature or whatever) will be included in the signatures, or just the
date after which you can expect that to happen randomly / without
warning?
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