ClamAV Signature Retirement

"Brendan Bell \(brebell\) via clamav-users" <[email protected]> Fri, 19 Dec 2025 19:42:46 +0000
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As per our previous announcement, ClamAV file signature retirement has been=
 implemented.
Users may notice that file sizes are much smaller today as a result of the =
signature retirements.
After we retired impacted signatures our download file sizes are now:
bytecode.cvd: 275 KiB
main.cvd: 85 MiB
daily.cvd: 22 MiB

Our team is continuing to monitor alerts and the current threat landscape, =
and we are committed to reintroducing retired signatures as needed.

For more detailed information on the ClamAV signature, please see our previ=
ous blog post.
ClamAV Signature Retirement Announcement<https://blog.clamav.net/2025/11/cl=
amav-signature-retirement-announcement.html>

If you have any questions, please join our ClamAV mailer here: ClamAV conta=
ct<https://www.clamav.net/contact>
Or our ClamAV Discord Server here: ClamAV Discord Server<https://discord.gg=
/QWESGDrB>

Thanks,
Brendan

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As per our previous announcement, ClamAV file signature retirement has been=
 implemented.<br>
Users may notice that file sizes are much smaller today as a result of the =
signature retirements.<br>
After we retired impacted signatures our download file sizes are now:<br>
bytecode.cvd: 275 KiB<br>
main.cvd: 85 MiB<br>
daily.cvd: 22 MiB<br>
<br>
Our team is continuing to monitor alerts and the current threat landscape, =
and we are committed to reintroducing retired signatures as needed.<br>
<br>
For more detailed information on the ClamAV signature, please see our previ=
ous blog post.<br>
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