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Infected file

Post by duncan222 »

clamav is flagging up 2 infected files. I Know it can show false positives but how can I,

1. Identify the 2 files it shows as positive ?
2. Know if I need to remove either or both of these files ?
3. If I need to delete them what is the instruction to do so ?

Any further comments anyone has on this topic in general would be appreciated.

Thanks
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Re: Infected file

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Hello duncan222 and welcome to mint.

There are very few viruses in the wild that can infect Linux files. So if they are not Windows generated files most likely not infected.
There are 2 files that are installed by Clamav as test files. can you list the files it's hitting on then we may be able to tell.
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That was one of my questions, how to identify the files.
At the end of the scan it just gives me a summary of files scanned but it does not identify which infected files it is referring to.
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duncan222 wrote:That was one of my questions, how to identify the files.
At the end of the scan it just gives me a summary of files scanned but it does not identify which infected files it is referring to.
I haven't used Clamav in a while so will have to reinstall it and give it a run then try to answer your question.

When I run a AV I use AVG free for linux found here:
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download.prd-alf
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a question are your running clamav from the terminal? if so you may want to install and try clamtk. it a GUI for calmav.
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Re: Infected file

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Ok install clam av in the terminal when you scan with the command clamscan it will give you a list of files scanned.
and will either say OK behind them or infected. so you should be able to tell which file is infected.
Hope that helps.
Also you may want to give avast a try I've found it very helpful. you can get it from here.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1282979

you have to register it but it's free for 1 year I think. has nice interface.
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I am running clamscan in the terminal.
I tried the GUI for clamscan but it seems to get so far and then stop with no error messages shown.

I Wondered about avast as I found it very good when using it for windows before I became hooked on Linux but will certainly have a look at it. The thing about Clamav is just one simple short line in the terminal and it scans fast, perhaps too fast as every file is shown as ok and I did not spot any other file showing any other message. it's just in the final summary where it shows 2 infected files.

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Not having much luck with Avast.......... get the following message when trying to update (Program is registered)

avast! engine failed to reinitialize after database upgrade.
The application will terminate now
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Problem with Avast sorted, followed instructions regarding file/folder V400 on avast forums and then ran a scan.
Much better system as it stopped on reaching the 2 infected files and gave options to rename or move to chest.
Both these files are downloaded program files for Windows.
Assume they can do no harm as they are both exe files and in my Linux download file so they can both be easily deleted.

Thanks for the help.
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Re: Infected file

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OK, and as a general principal, take the file names being identified by the anti-virus program and search on the Internet for those file names + virus: if they are really virus files, and haven been identified as such (not so new as to be unrecognized), any of the many virus scanning organizations will list them along with any data belonging to same..
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