[BlueOnyx:14163] Re: Solarspeed AV-SPAM V5

[Colin Jack]

Banning dodgy attachments is the way to go then ...

On 24/12/2013 20:42, "Michael Stauber" <mstauber at blueonyx.it> wrote:

>Hi Colin,
>
>> Why does Clam not pick these viruses up?
>
>Clam AV is signature based. If the attackers vary the codebase a bit,
>then the existing signatures won't catch it. There are constant updates
>to the signature database to catch all known strands, but sometimes the
>newest batch sails right through until someone creates signatures for
>those as well.
>
>-- 
>With best regards
>
>Michael Stauber
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