1clamav-unofficial-sigs(8) SCRIPT COMMANDS clamav-unofficial-sigs(8)
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6 clamav-unofficial-sigs - Download, test, and install third-party ClamAV
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10 clamav-unofficial-sigs [options]
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13 clamav-unofficial-sigs is a shell script that updates the Sanesecurity,
14 SecuriteInfo, MalwarePatrol, OITC, INetMsg and ScamNailer third-party
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18 This script follows the standard GNU command line syntax. A summary of
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21 -b Add a bypass signature entry to local.ign in order to temporar‐
22 ily resolve a false-positive issue with a third-party signature.
23 The script will monitor any entries it makes to local.ign and
24 will automatically remove bypass entries if either the original
25 signature has been modified or removed from the database.
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28 Source configuration information from a different file.
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30 -d Decode a hexadecimal encoded string or an individual ClamAV 3rd-
31 party signature for viewing. This will not decode image signa‐
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34 -e Encode a entire input string in hexadecimal for signature usage
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37 -f Encode a formated input string in hexadecimal that contains
38 spacing field '{}, (), *', without encoding the spacing fields,
39 for signature usage in any '*.ndb' database.
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42 Verify the GPG signature for a specific SaneSecurity database
43 file. Only specify the filename as listed in the configuration
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46 -h Print the script help and usage information.
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48 -i Print system and script configuration information.
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50 -m Make a hexadecimal signature database file (*.ndb) from a clear
51 text ascii file. Provides support for both full and formatted
52 signatures. Additional information is provided when using the
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55 -r Remove the clamav-unofficial-sigs script and all of its associ‐
56 ated files, databases and work directories from the system.
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59 Test the integrity of a third-party signature database with
60 clamscan. Only specify the filename as listed in the configura‐
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64 -t If HAM directory scanning is enabled in the script's configura‐
65 tion file, then output the names of any third-party signatures
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68 -v Print the script version and date information.
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71 clamd(8), clamscan(1)
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74 Bill Landry <bill@inetmsg.com>
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80 Report bugs to Bill Landry <bill@inetmsg.com>
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83 Bill Landry <bill@inetmsg.com>
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87Version 3.7.1 June 6, 2010 clamav-unofficial-sigs(8)