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ClamAV 0.94.x end of life - with prejudice

ClamAV 0.94.x end of life - with prejudice

Posted Oct 6, 2009 18:54 UTC (Tue) by clugstj (subscriber, #4020)
Parent article: ClamAV 0.94.x end of life - with prejudice

Using a bug in the old version as a feature to allow you to disable it. Inventive or scary?


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ClamAV 0.94.x end of life - with prejudice

Posted Oct 6, 2009 19:04 UTC (Tue) by dskoll (subscriber, #1630) [Link]

AFAIK, ClamAV was designed from the start to have "kill bits" to allow remote disabling of various parts of the software. So it's not a bug; it's a feature.

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