Strange results from ClamAV

Michael Schwendt ms-nospam-0306 at arcor.de
Mon Feb 16 18:48:26 UTC 2004


On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 11:00:38 -0700, Nick D wrote:

> I went to scan the base directory for viruses with ClamAV topped the
> latest virus database. I get these results from the command "clamscan -r
> -i /proc":
> 
> /proc/kcore: Trojan.MiniCommander.dr FOUND

Just don't scan /proc/kcore which is the kernel core image and connected
to your RAM. It is not a file that takes up space on your hard disk drive,
regardless of what rumours you pick up when searching Google.

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