Re: Why ClamAV 's anachronistic 2GB size limit for file scanning can be harmful

Ralph Seichter via clamav-users <[email protected]> Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:28:56 +0100
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* Paul Kosinski via clamav-users:

> [...]

Anachrpnistic? Did you even read the note "Technical design limitations
prevent ClamAV from scanning files greater than 2 GB at this time." in
the sample config file?

I'd prefer to see you provide a design proposal instead of just stating
your displeasure with an already known limitation. Besides, I consider
scanning files this huge a rather atypical use case, given the resource
requirements.

-Ralph
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