Subj : virus in fileareas general
To   : Janis Kracht
From : Benny Pedersen
Date : Wed Dec 30 2009 01:24 am

Hello Janis!

16 Dec 09 13:13, Janis Kracht wrote to Benny Pedersen:

JK> Yes, it is.  I know it didn't come from here then.  The FileGate can't
JK> be responsible for files you get elsewhere :)

i hoped you will delete my virus files for me, hehe

>> virus in filegate.net yes or no :)
JK> No, I told you that already :)

as nasa says, checking

>> #/bin/sh
>> clamscan -r --log=/tmp/clamscan.log /path/to/filegate
JK> On this version, you also need --recursive=yes.  -r doesn't work by
JK> itself.

okay, but -r works on my gentoo :)

JK> We remove very questionable files all through the FileGate if they
JK> ever show up...  We had some files an author wanted removed from
JK> Gamesnet a long time ago, but it wasn't for Virus or Trojan, etc.

it happends

JK> It was because the author didn't give permission for their release. :)

shame on both not going opensources in the first place

JK> You may see false positives on very old files too... Did you find any
JK> in your files from the filegate, or no?

nope i get no or very little virus from filegate.net :)

JK> All FileGate FDN coordinators are asked to check their files before
JK> release.

just a reminder that some did not in old days and we can check for this now :=)


Regards Benny


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