RE: ClamAV got a virus!

Damien Hull wrote:
> I'm using ClamAV with with my Email server. This is the first time
> I've used it and I had know idea if it would work. However, today I
> got a virus. Well, ClamAV marked an Email as a virus.
>=20
> HTML.Phishing.Pay-157
>=20
> It's a pay pal fishing Email. It's one of those emails that asks you
> for your Pay Pal account information. Is this really a virus? I'm not
> sure. I've searched Google but all I get are lists that include the
> above name with out a description.
>=20
> I should mention that "HTML.Phishing.Pay-157" may be a name that
> ClamAV uses. Other virus scanners could call it something else.

It's not really a virus, but ClamAV catches phishing schemes as a bonus.
They've been doing that for some time now. The corporate antivirus
makers don't seem to want to do that for some reason. Personally I like
the inclusion in Clam. I can't think of any good reason to send my
Paypal, bank, ebay, etc. information to some yahoo in Russia or
elsewhere. Not that I'm prone to doing so, but my wife (who dislikes
computers) might not know she's being hoodwinked...

...Kevin
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Kevin Miller Registered Linux User No: 307357
CBJ MIS Dept. Network Systems Admin., Mail Admin.
155 South Seward Street ph: (907) 586-0242
Juneau, Alaska 99801 fax: (907 586-4500
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Received on Mon Jul 31 09:37:36 2006