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Re: announcing ClamAV 0.95.3

2009-10-28T13:49:22Z

Dear ClamAV users,

you may have trouble downloading clamav-0.95.3 because of a service
outage at Sourceforge.
Please be patient while Sourceforge looks into the issue.

You can find up to date information at

https://sourceforge.net/apps/wordpress/sourceforge/

Best regards

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announcing ClamAV 0.95.3

2009-10-28T09:51:20Z

Dear ClamAV users,

ClamAV 0.95.3 is a bugfix release recommended for all users.
Please refer to the ChangeLog included in the source distribution
for the list of changes.

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End of Life Announcement: ClamAV 0.94.x

2009-10-06T07:36:01Z

Dear ClamAV users,

all ClamAV releases older than 0.95 are affected by a bug in freshclam
which prevents incremental updates from working with signatures longer
than 980 bytes.

You can find more details on this issue on our bugzilla:
https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1395

This bug affects our ability to distribute complex signatures (e.g.
logical signatures) with incremental updates.

So far we haven't released any signatures which exceed this limit.
Before we do we want as many users as possible to upgrade to the latest
version of ClamAV.

Starting from 15 April 2010 our CVD will contain a special signature
which disables all clamd installations older than 0.95 - that is to say
older than 1 year.
This move is needed to push more people to upgrade to 0.95 .
We would like to keep on supporting all old versions of our engine, but
unfortunately this is no longer possible without causing a disservice to
people running a recent release of ClamAV.
The traffic generated by a full CVD download, as opposed to an
incremental update, cannot be sustained by our mirrors.

We plan to start releasing signatures which exceed the 980 bytes limit
on May 2010.

We recommend that you always run the latest version of ClamAV to get
optimal protection, reliability and performance.

This message will be sent every two months to remind you to upgrade all
of your ClamAV installations in time.

Thanks for your cooperation,

Best regards

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ClamAV is migrating from subversion to git

2009-10-05T01:19:43Z

Dear ClamAV users,

as previously announced[1], our subversion repository has just been
switched off.

Best regards,

[1]: http://lurker.clamav.net/message/20090703.154021.b89c7941.en.html

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ClamAV is migrating from subversion to git

2009-07-03T08:40:21Z

Dear ClamAV users,

we would like to announce that git will be the new Version
Control System (VCS) for ClamAV.

During the last 2 weeks we have been working on the migration of
our Subversion repositories to git.
The new git.clamav.net server is now in production and contains
the latest development code of ClamAV.

We have documented the basic steps required to use the new git
repository at:

http://www.clamav.net/download/sources/

If you are interested in learning more about git, you can start from the
git user manual:

http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html

In order to give you time to get used to git and eventually adapt
your automatic build scripts to use it, we decided to keep the
SVN server active for the next 3 months.

Whenever our developers commit some new code to the git repository,
the same commit will be immediately replicated on the SVN repository.

The legacy SVN server will be switched off at the beginning of
October 2009.

The WebSVN interface and SVNStats services have been already
switched off, and are currently replaced by the respective git
equivalents at:

http://git.clamav.net/gitweb

and

http://www.clamav.net/gitstat

Additionally, daily snapshots of ClamAV development code are still being
provided at:

http://www.clamav.net/snapshot

If you have any issue with our git repository please do not hesitate to
contact us.

Best Regards,

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Sourceforge CCA '09: watch the video!

2009-06-23T07:22:13Z

Dear ClamAV users,

Yesterday Sourceforge announced the finalists for Community Choice
Awards 2009.
We are glad to let you know that ClamAV was among the 10 projects
that collected more nominations in the "Best tool for sysadmin"
category!

We really appreciate your support and we are happy that you find our
project useful.

It's now time to select the winner among the 10 finalists in each
category.
Head over to Sourceforge website and cast your vote! Our project is
listed under the "Best tool for sysadmin" category:

http://sourceforge.net/community/cca09/vote/

We prepared a video message for all of you, to say thanks for everything
you did to make this project grow: be it submit a malware sample, report
a false positive, open a bug report, edit the wiki, or answer a message
on our mailing-lists:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tQcxNSt-1c&fmt=18

Let us know if you enjoy the video :) maybe we'll try to make more
in the future.

More information on Sourceforge Community Choice Awards 2009 is
available at http://sf.net/cca .

Best regards

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announcing ClamAV 0.95.2

2009-06-10T12:33:02Z

Dear ClamAV users,

This version improves handling of archives, adds support for --file-list
in clamscan and clamdscan, and fixes various issues found in previous
releases.

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Sourceforge Community Choice Awards 2009

2009-05-18T04:20:36Z

Hello,

nominations for Sourceforge Community Choice Awards 2009 opened last
week.

The projects with the highest number of nominations in each category
will be selected as the finalists.

You can nominate your favourite projects by visiting
http://sourceforge.net/community/cca09/

We hope you appreciated all the efforts we put into the development of
ClamAV and we wish you'll help us to be selected as the "Best tool or
utility for sysadmins".

Here is a direct link to vote for ClamAV:

http://sourceforge.net/community/cca09/nominate/?project_name=Clam%20AntiVirus&project_url=http://www.clamav.net/

Thank you for your support!

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announcing ClamAV 0.95.1

2009-04-08T11:10:12Z

Dear ClamAV users,

0.95.1 is a bugfix release, please see the ChangeLog
at http://freshmeat.net/urls/7065abfc92b936d016260efff5f9c67f
for details.

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announcing ClamAV 0.95

2009-03-23T11:14:36Z

Dear ClamAV users,

ClamAV 0.95 introduces many bugfixes, improvements and additions. To make
the transition easier, we put various tips and upgrade notes on this page:
https://wiki.clamav.net/Main/UpgradeNotes095. For detailed list of changes
and bugfixes, please see the ChangeLog.

The following are the key features of this release:

- Google Safe Browsing support: in addition to the heuristic and signature
based phishing detection mechanisms already available in ClamAV, the
scanner can now make use of the Google's blacklists of suspected
phishing and malware sites. The ClamAV Project distributes a constantly
updated Safe Browsing database, which can be automatically fetched by
freshclam. For more information, please see freshclam.conf(5) and
http://safebrowsing.clamav.net.

- New clamav-milter: The program has been redesigned and rewritten from
scratch. The most notable difference is that the internal mode has been
dropped which means that now a working clamd companion is required.
The milter now also has its own configuration file.

- Clamd extensions: The protocol has been extended to lighten the load
that clamd puts on the system, solve limitations of the old protocol,
and reduce latency when signature updates are received. For more
information about the new extensions please see the official
documentation and the upgrade notes.

- Improved API: The API used to program ClamAV's engine (libclamav) has
been redesigned to use modern object-oriented techniques and solves
various API/ABI compatibility issues between old and new releases.
You can find more information in Section 6 of clamdoc.pdf and in
the upgrade notes.

- ClamdTOP: This is a new program that allows system administrators to
monitor clamd. It provides information about the items in the clamd's
queue, clamd's memory usage, and the version of the signature database,
all in real-time and in nice curses-based interface.

- Memory Pool Allocator: Libclamav now includes its own memory pool
allocator based on memory mapping. This new solution replaces the
traditional malloc/free system for the copy of the signatures that
is kept in memory. As a result, clamd requires much less memory,
particularly when signature updates are received and the database is
loaded into memory.

- Unified Option Parser: Prior to version 0.95 each program in ClamAV's
suite of programs had its own set of runtime options. The new general
parser brings consistency of use and validation to these options across
the suite. Some command line switches of clamscan have been renamed
(the old ones will still be accepted but will have no effect and will
result in warnings), please see clamscan(1) and clamscan --help for
the details.

--
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[Tel] +39 0187 1851862 [Fax] +39 0187 1852252 [IM] nervous/jabber.linux.it
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announcing ClamAV 0.95rc2

2009-03-16T14:12:22Z

Dear ClamAV users,

This is a second release candidate for ClamAV 0.95. It fixes a number of
problems that were found in 0.95rc1 and provides support for Google Safe
Browsing, which can be enabled by turning on the SafeBrowsing option in
freshclam.conf. Please see 'man 5 freshclam.conf' and
http://safebrowsing.clamav.net for more information.

--
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[Tel] +39 0187 1851862 [Fax] +39 0187 1852252 [IM] nervous/jabber.linux.it
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announcing 0.95rc1

2009-02-25T15:29:25Z

Dear ClamAV users,

ClamAV 0.95rc1 introduces many bugfixes, improvements and additions. To make
the transition easier, we put various tips and upgrade notes on this page:
https://wiki.clamav.net/Main/UpgradeNotes095

The following are the key features of this release:

- New clamav-milter: The program has been redesigned and rewritten from
scratch. The most notable difference is that the internal mode has been
dropped which means that now a working clamd companion is required.
The milter now also has its own configuration file.

- Clamd extensions: The protocol has been extended to lighten the load
that clamd puts on the system, solve limitations of the old protocol,
and reduce latency when signature updates are received. Fore more
information about the new extensions please see the official
documentation and the upgrade notes.

- Improved API: The API used to program ClamAV's engine (libclamav) has
been redesigned to use modern object-oriented techniques and solves
various API/ABI compatibility issues between old and new releases.
You can find more information in Section 6 of clamdoc.pdf and in
the upgrade notes.

- ClamdTOP: This is a new program that allows system administrators to
monitor clamd. It provides information about the items in the clamd's
queue, clamd's memory usage, and the version of the signature database,
all in real-time and in nice curses-based interface.

- Memory Pool Allocator: Libclamav now includes its own memory pool
allocator based on memory mapping. This new solution replaces the
traditional malloc/free system for the copy of the signatures that
is kept in memory. As a result, clamd requires much less memory,
particularly when signature updates are received and the database is
loaded into memory.

- Unified Option Parser: Prior to version 0.95 each program in ClamAV's
suite of programs had its own set of runtime options. The new general
parser brings consistency of use and validation to these options across
the suite. Some command line switches of clamscan have been renamed
(the old ones will still be accepted but will have no effect and will
result in warnings), please see clamscan(1) and clamscan --help for
the details.

--
The ClamAV team (http://www.clamav.net/team)

--
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[Tel] +39 0187 1851862 [Fax] +39 0187 1852252 [IM] nervous/jabber.linux.it
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announcing ClamAV 0.94.2

2008-11-26T07:02:41Z

Dear ClamAV users,

This is a bugfix release, please refer to the ChangeLog for a complete
list of changes.

--
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announcing ClamAV 0.94.1

2008-11-03T10:29:15Z

Dear ClamAV users,

ClamAV 0.94.1 fixes some issues that were found in previous releases and
includes one new feature, "Malware Statistics Gathering." This is an optional
feature that allows ClamAV users optionally to submit statistics to us about
what they detect in the field. We will then use these data to determine what
types of malware are the most detected in the field and in what geographic
area they are. It will also allow us to publish summary data on www.clamav.net
where our users will be able to monitor the latest threats. You can help us
by enabling SubmitDetectionStats in freshclam.conf.

For more details, please refer to the ChangeLog and
http://www.clamav.net/press/0.94.1-WhatsNew.pdf

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announcing ClamAV 0.94.1rc1

2008-10-15T11:17:51Z

Dear ClamAV users,

ClamAV 0.94.1rc1 has been released.
It fixes some issues that were found in previous releases and
includes one new feature, "Malware Statistics Gathering." This is an optional
feature that allows ClamAV users optionally to submit statistics to us about
what they detect in the field. We will then use these data to determine what
types of malware are the most detected in the field and in what geographic
area they are. It will also allow us to publish summary data on www.clamav.net
where our users will be able to monitor the latest threats. You can help us
by enabling SubmitDetectionStats in freshclam.conf.

For more details, please refer to the ChangeLog and
http://www.clamav.net/press/0.94.1-WhatsNew.pdf

We encourage as many people as possible to test this release by
downloading it as soon as possible. If you don't have access to a test
machine you can still help by downloading it and checking for us that it
compiles and links on your platform and by running "make check".
If you do have a test machine/model/network please help us by loading
ClamAV 0.94.1RC1 and testing.
All bug reports should be filed at http://bugs.clamav.net.
We also encourage all 3rd party developers of products and
distribution/port maintainers to download and check this update so that
you can go live as soon as the final version is released.

--
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announcing ClamAV 0.94

2008-09-02T08:41:37Z

Dear ClamAV users,

Sourcefire and the ClamAV team are pleased to announce the release of
ClamAV 0.94. The following are the key features and improvements of this
version:

- Logical Signatures: The logical signature technology uses operators
such as AND, OR and NOT to allow the combination of more than one
signature into one entry in the signature database resulting in
more detailed and flexible pattern matching.

- Anti-phishing Technology: Users can now change the priority and reporting
of ClamAV's heuristic anti-phishing scanner within the detection engine
process. They can choose whether, when scanning a supicious file, ClamAV
should stop scanning and report the phish, or continue to scan in case the
file contains other malware (clamd: HeuristicScanPrecedence,
clamscan: --heuristic-scan-precedence)

- Disassembly Engine: The initial version of the disassembly engine improves
ClamAV's detection abilities.

- PUA Detection: Users can now decide which PUA signatures should be loaded
(clamd: ExcludePUA, IncludePUA; clamscan: --exclude-pua, --include-pua)

- Data Loss Prevention (DLP): This version includes a new module that, when
enabled, scans data for the inclusion of US formated Social Security
Numbers and credit card numbers (clamd: StructuredDataDetection,
clamscan: --detect-structured; additional fine-tuning options are available)

- IPv6 Support: Freshclam now supports IPv6

- Improved Scanning of Scripts: The normalization of scripts now covers
JavaScript

- Improved QA and Unit Testing: The improved QA process now includes
API testing and new library of test files in various formats that are
tested on a wide variety of systems (try running 'make check' in the source
directory)

For more details, please refer to http://www.clamav.net/press/0.94-WhatsNew.pdf
and to the ChangeLog.

You may need to run 'ldconfig' after installing this version.

** This version drops the special support for Cygwin. Our QA process showed
** serious problems with ClamAV builds under Cygwin due to some low-level
** incompatibilities in the POSIX compatibility layer, resulting in unreliable
** ClamAV behaviour.

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announcing ClamAV 0.94rc1

2008-08-18T01:38:14Z

Dear ClamAV users,

This is a release candidate for 0.94. The following are the key features
and improvements of this version:

- Logical Signatures: The logical signature technology uses operators
such as AND, OR and NOT to allow the combination of more than one
signature into one entry in the signature database resulting in
more detailed and flexible pattern matching.

- Anti-phishing Technology: Users can now change the priority and reporting
of ClamAV's heuristic anti-phishing scanner within the detection engine
process. They can choose whether, when scanning a supicious file, ClamAV
should stop scanning and report the phish, or continue to scan in case the
file contains other malware (clamd: HeuristicScanPrecedence,
clamscan: --heuristic-scan-precedence)

- Disassembly Engine: The initial version of the disassembly engine improves
ClamAV's detection abilities.

- PUA Detection: Users can now decide which PUA signatures should be loaded
(clamd: ExcludePUA, IncludePUA; clamscan: --exclude-pua, --include-pua)

- Data Loss Prevention (DLP): This version includes a new module that, when
enabled, scans data for the inclusion of US formated Social Security
Numbers and credit card numbers (clamd: StructuredDataDetection,
clamscan: --detect-structured; additional fine-tuning options are available)

- IPv6 Support: Freshclam now supports IPv6

- Improved Scanning of Scripts: The normalization of scripts now covers
JavaScript

- Improved QA and Unit Testing: The improved QA process now includes
API testing and new library of test files in various formats that are
tested on a wide variety of systems (try running 'make check' in the source
directory)

For more details, please refer to http://www.clamav.net/press/0.94-WhatsNew.pdf
and to the ChangeLog.

You may need to run 'ldconfig' after installing this version.

--
The ClamAV team (http://www.clamav.net/team)

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announcing ClamAV 0.93.3

2008-07-07T12:42:35Z

Dear ClamAV users,

This release fixes a problem in handling of .cld files introduced in
0.93.2.

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Best regards

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announcing ClamAV 0.93.2

2008-07-07T08:56:12Z

Dear ClamAV users,

This release fixes and re-enables the Petite unpacker, improves database
loading and solves some other minor issues.

--
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announcing ClamAV 0.93.1

2008-06-09T05:46:03Z

Dear ClamAV users,

This version improves handling of PDF, CAB, RTF, OLE2 and HTML files and
includes various bugfixes for 0.93 issues.

--
The ClamAV team (http://www.clamav.net/team)

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Sourcefire’s rejection of unsolicited bid

2008-05-30T09:38:59Z

Dear ClamAV users,

as you may have heard, Sourcefire received an unsolicited offer to acquire
the company. This morning Sourcefire announced that our board has rejected
that offer. The complete press release is available at:

http://investor.sourcefire.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=204582&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1152071

Best regards,

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announcing ClamAV 0.93.1rc1

2008-05-26T15:26:55Z

Dear ClamAV users,

This version improves handling of PDF, CAB, RTF, OLE2 and HTML files
and includes various bugfixes for 0.93 issues.

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announcing ClamAV 0.93

2008-04-14T09:11:23Z

Dear ClamAV users,

This release introduces many new features and engine enhancements, please
see the notes below for the list of major changes. The most visible one
is the new logic in scan limits which affects some command line and config
options of clamscan and clamd. Please see clamscan(1) and clamd.conf(5)
and the example config file for more information on the new options.

Most important changes include:

* libclamav:
- New logic in scan limits: provides much more efficient protection against
DoS attacks but also results in different command line and config options
to clamscan and clamd (see below)
- New/improved modules: unzip, SIS, cabinet, CHM, SZDD, text normalisator,
entity converter
- Improved filetype detection; filetype definitions can be remotely updated
- Support for .cld containers (which replace .inc directories)
- Improved pattern matcher and signature formats
- More efficient scanning of HTML files
- Many other improvements

* clamd:
- NEW CONFIG FILE OPTIONS: MaxScanSize, MaxFileSize, MaxRecursion, MaxFiles
- ** THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS ARE NO LONGER SUPPORTED **: MailMaxRecursion,
ArchiveMaxFileSize, ArchiveMaxRecursion, ArchiveMaxFiles,
ArchiveMaxCompressionRatio, ArchiveBlockMax

* clamscan:
- NEW CMDLINE OPTIONS: --max-filesize, --max-scansize
- REMOVED OPTIONS: --block-max, --max-space, --max-ratio

* freshclam:
- NEW CONFIG OPTION CompressLocalDatabase
- NEW CMDLINE SWITCH --no-warnings
- main.inc and daily.inc directories are no longer used by ClamAV; please
remove them manually from your database directory

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announcing ClamAV 0.93rc1

2008-03-04T03:01:34Z

announcing ClamAV 0.92.1

2008-02-11T13:20:55Z

Dear ClamAV users,

This is a bugfix release, please refer to the ChangeLog for a complete
list of changes.

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announcing ClamAV 0.92

2007-12-17T07:01:17Z

Dear ClamAV users,

This release provides various bugfixes, optimisations and improvements
to the scanning engine. The new features include support for ARJ and
SFX-ARJ archives, AutoIt, basic SPF parser in clamav-milter (to reduce
phishing false-positives), faster scanning and others (see ChangeLog).
To get a consistent behaviour of the anti-phishing module on all platforms,
libclamav now includes the regex library from OpenBSD.

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announcing ClamAV 0.92rc2

2007-10-09T09:56:23Z

Dear ClamAV users,

This release provides various bugfixes, optimisations and improvements
to the scanning engine. The new features include support for ARJ and
SFX-ARJ archives, basic SPF parser in clamav-milter (to reduce phishing
false-positives), faster scanning and others (see ChangeLog).
To get a consistent behaviour of the anti-phishing module on all
platforms, libclamav now includes the regex library from OpenBSD.

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announcing ClamAV 0.91.2

2007-08-21T03:38:52Z

Dear ClamAV users,

This release fixes various bugs in libclamav, freshclam and clamav-milter,
and adds support for PUA (Potentially Unwanted Application) signatures
(clamscan: --detect-pua, clamd: DetectPUA).

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Sourcefire acquires ClamAV

2007-08-17T05:12:39Z

Dear ClamAV users,

On August 17, Sourcefire, the creators of Snort, acquired the ClamAV project.
The full announcement is available here:

http://www.sourcefire.com/products/clamav/

We'd like to thank everyone in the ClamAV community for their dedication to
the project. The acquisition by Sourcefire is a testament to the hard work of
the entire ClamAV community in developing cutting edge technology that truly
showcases the promise of the open source model. With the additional resources
Sourcefire will provide we look forward to working with the community to
continue the advancement of ClamAV.

Sourcefire now owns ClamAV project and related trademarks, as well as the
source code copyrights held by the five principal members of the ClamAV team.
Sourcefire will also assume control of the ClamAV project including: the
ClamAV.org domain, web site and web site content; and the ClamAV Sourceforge
project page.

What's most important is that from the end-user perspective very little will
change beyond the additional resources Sourcefire will provide in our
continued efforts to advance the ClamAV technology and improve our ability to
interact with the open source community. The core team will continue to lead
the advancement of ClamAV and the CVD as employees of Sourcefire. Both the
ClamAV engine and the signature database will remain under GPL.

For more information please visit our website and the following FAQ page:

http://www.clamav.net/support/sf-faq

The ClamAV core team.

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announcing ClamAV 0.91.1

2007-07-16T16:39:21Z

Dear ClamAV users,

This release fixes stability and other issues of 0.91. See the ChangeLog
for the full list.

Do not miss the opportunity to vote for SourceForge.net 2007 Community
Choice Awards at http://sourceforge.net/awards/cca/vote.php .

ClamAV was nominated for the Best Tool or Utility for SysAdmins
category.

Thanks,

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announcing ClamAV 0.91

2007-07-11T05:04:43Z

Dear ClamAV users,

ClamAV 0.91 is the first release to enable the anti-phishing technology
in default builds. This technology combines heuristics with special
signatures and provides effective protection against phishing threats.
Other important changes and add-ons in this version include:

- unpacker for NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) self-extracting
archives
- unpacker for ASPack 2.12
- new implementation of the Aho-Corasick pattern matcher providing
better detection for wildcard enabled signatures
- support for nibble matching and floating offsets
- improved handling of .mdb files (fixes long startup times)
- extraction of PE files embedded into other executables
- better handling of PE & UPX
- removed dependency on libcurl (improves stability)
- libclamav.dll available under Windows
- IPv6 support in clamav-milter
- many other improvements and bugfixes

You are encouraged to upgrade as soon as possible.

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announcing ClamAV 0.91rc2

2007-06-24T12:30:10Z

Dear ClamAV users,

ClamAV 0.91rc2 is now available for download.

ClamAV 0.91 is the first release to enable the anti-phishing technology
in default builds. This technology combines heuristics with special
signatures and provides effective protection against phishing threats.
Other important changes and add-ons in this version include:

- unpacker for NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)
self-extracting archives
- unpacker for ASPack 2.12
- new implementation of the Aho-Corasick pattern matcher providing
better detection for wildcard enabled signatures
- support for nibble matching and floating offsets
- improved handling of .mdb files (fixes long startup times)
- extraction of PE files embedded into other executables
- better handling of PE & UPX
- removed dependency on libcurl (improves stability)
- IPv6 support in clamav-milter
- libclamav.dll available under Windows
- many other improvements and bugfixes

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announcing ClamAV 0.91rc1

2007-05-30T18:14:06Z

Dear ClamAV users,

ClamAV 0.91rc1 is now available for download.

The 0.91 release for the first time enables anti-phishing technology
in default builds. This technology combines heuristics with special
signatures and provides effective protection against phishing threats.
Other important changes and add-ons in this version include:

- unpacker for NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) self-extracting
archives
- new implementation of the Aho-Corasick pattern matcher providing
better detection for wildcard enabled signatures
- support for nibble matching and floating offsets
- improved handling of .mdb files (fixes long startup times)
- extraction of PE files embedded into other executables
- better handling of PE & UPX
- removed dependency on libcurl (improves stability)
- IPv6 support in clamav-milter
- many other improvements and bugfixes

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announcing ClamAV 0.90.3

2007-05-30T16:49:18Z

Dear ClamAV users,

This release fixes some security bugs in libclamav and improves
stability
under Solaris. Please see ChangeLog for complete list of changes.

If your system is suffering from long clamscan startup times, please
consider installing 0.91rc1 which is due to be released shortly
after 0.90.3.

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announcing ClamAV 0.90.2

2007-04-12T19:29:51Z

Dear ClamAV users,

Changes in this release include some security fixes in CHM, CAB and PDF
code and better handling of network problems in freshclam.

Please see ChangeLog for complete list of changes.

**Important note**: on April 16th CHM, CAB and PDF handlers will be
disabled for 0.90 and 0.90.1 users through the dynamic engine
configuration module (DCONF). Please upgrade to 0.90.2 immediately.

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