meaning of "total errors" on Clamav summary

[wpshooter]

What does the "total errors" mean ?

----------- SCAN SUMMARY -----------
Known viruses: 6708305
Engine version: 0.100.2
Scanned directories: 87901
Scanned files: 340375
Infected files: 0
Total errors: 20022
Data scanned: 13599.54 MB
Data read: 33203.30 MB (ratio 0.41:1)
Time: 2498.726 sec (41 m 38 s)

Thanks.

[phd21]

Hi wpshooter,

These "errors" are not actually errors but are usually files you don't have read access to. They may belong to another user or to the System. Either way they probably aren't anything to be concerned about.

It is a good idea to turn off the "pua" options in ClamAV as it is well know for reporting false positives and allow for scanning larger file sizes if you want to scan video files or disc image files (.iso, .img, etc...) usually 2gb-4gb is enough.

Meaning of Total errors on result of Clamav scan - Ask Ubuntu
https://askubuntu.com/questions/295477/ ... lamav-scan

[SOLVED] Many errors found using ClamAV
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2312565


* FYI: Need for an antivirus.? - Linux Mint Forums
viewtopic.php?f=90&t=238726&hilit=maldet

Safe antivirus test files - Download ° EICAR - European Expert Group for IT-Security
http://www.eicar.org/85-0-Download.html

Hope this helps ...