Re: ClamAV Antivirus can't detect trojan horses?

Newcomer01 via clamav-users <[email protected]> Mon, 22 Dec 2025 04:59:36 +0000
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mmmhhh a project with round 5 years old stuff - really trustful and really up to date.
Is this a living project or is it discontinued without any notice?
Sorry not my way, will stay on clamav only.

Oh and you can also use fangfisch, this is maintained and up to date

Von / From: 	Kenneth Porter Via Clamav-Users <mailto:[email protected]>
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Gesendet / Sent: 	Sonntag, Dezember 21, 2025 um 20:11 (at 08:11 PM) +0100
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> The included signatures are fair but not great. But, unlike a commercial
> AV product, you're not limited to what's included in the box. There are
> many sources of 3rd party signatures that can easily be added.
>
> My detection rate improved a lot when I installed this set:
>
> https://github.com/extremeshok/clamav-unofficial-sigs
>
> This is an aggregation of signature sets from multiple sources.
>
>
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    <div id="smartTemplate4-template">mmmhhh a project with round 5
      years old stuff - really trustful and really up to date.<br>
      Is this a living project or is it discontinued without any notice?<br>
      Sorry not my way, will stay on clamav only.<br>
      <br>
      Oh and you can also use fangfisch, this is maintained and up to
      date</div>
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      <pre wrap="" class="moz-quote-pre">The included signatures are fair but not great. But, unlike a commercial 
AV product, you're not limited to what's included in the box. There are 
many sources of 3rd party signatures that can easily be added.

My detection rate improved a lot when I installed this set:

<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/extremeshok/clamav-unofficial-sigs">https://github.com/extremeshok/clamav-unofficial-sigs</a>

This is an aggregation of signature sets from multiple sources.


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