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Tomasz Kojm authored on 2007/02/13 08:59:44
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-Release Candidate.
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+The ClamAV team is proud to announce the long awaited ClamAV 0.90.
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+This version introduces lots of new interesting features and marks
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+a big step forward in the development of our antivirus engine.
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+Please see README and ChangeLog for details.
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 The ClamAV team (http://www.clamav.net/team)
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-The Release Candidate of the long awaited ClamAV 0.90 is ready for general
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-testing! This version introduces lots of new interesting features and marks
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+The ClamAV team is proud to announce the long awaited ClamAV 0.90.
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+This version introduces lots of new interesting features and marks
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 a big step forward in the development of our antivirus engine.
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 The most important change is the introduction of scripted updates.
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 Cosmetic changes apart, the 0.9x series introduces lots of new code, but some
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 parts are not compiled in by default because they are not ready for production
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 systems yet. You are encouraged to pass the --enable-experimental flag to
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-./configure when compiling ClamAV. If you find a bug, please take some time
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-to report it on our bugzilla: http://bugs.clamav.net. Your help in testing the
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-new code is really appreciated.
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-The experimental code introduces many improvements in terms of detection 
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-rate and performances. 
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+./configure when compiling ClamAV. The experimental code introduces many
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+improvements in terms of detection rate and performances. If you find a bug,
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+please take some time to report it on our bugzilla: http://bugs.clamav.net.
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+Your help in testing the new code is really appreciated. The experimental code
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+introduces many improvements in terms of detection rate and performances. 
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 RAR3, SIS and SFX archives support is finally available together with 
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-new unpackers and decryptors: pespin, sue, yc, wwpack32 and others.
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-Additionally, ClamAV now includes better mechanisms for scanning ELF, PDF
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-and tar files. The email decoding has been improved to reduce both the memory
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-requirements and the time taken to process attachments.
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+new unpackers and decryptors: pespin, sue, yc, wwpack32, nspack, mew, upack
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+and others. Additionally, ClamAV now includes better mechanisms for scanning
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+ELF, PDF and tar files. The email decoding has been improved to reduce both
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+the memory requirements and the time taken to process attachments.
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 As part of the Google Summer of Code program, we have introduced support for
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 a new phishing signatures format that has proved very effective in detecting
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 On the performance side, support for the MULTISCAN command has been 
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 implemented in clamd, allowing to scan multiple files simultaneously.
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-Support for Sensory Networks NodalCore Acceleration
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-(http://www.clamav.net/nodalcore/) in ClamAV is now available and will be
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+Support for Sensory Networks' NodalCore acceleration technology
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+(http://www.clamav.net/nodalcore/) is now available in ClamAV and will be
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 compiled in if the ncore libraries are detected at compile time. NodalCore
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 acceleration allows highly improved scan speeds on systems equipped with
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-Detailed list of changes (to be finished):
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 -) libclamav:
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   + New unpacker for RAR3, RAR2 and RAR1
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+  + Rewritten unpackers for Zip and CAB files
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   + Support for RAR-SFX, Zip-SFX and CAB-SFX archives
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   + New PE parsing model:
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     - Accurate virtual and raw size and offset calculations
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       configured individually)
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   + TCP and local sockets can be operated simultaneously
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   + New command: MULTISCAN (scan directory with multiple threads)
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-  + New option PhishingSignatures
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   + New option AlgorithmicDetection
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-  + New option NodalCore
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-  + New option PhishingStrictURLCheck
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   + New option ScanELF
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+  + New option NodalCoreAcceleration (requires hardware accelerator)
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+  + New option PhishingSignatures
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+  + New options to control the phishing module:
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+    - PhishingRestrictedScan
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   + Black list mode: optionally black lists an IP for a configurable amount
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   + New options: --no-phishing-sigs, --no-algorithmic (disable phishing and
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+  + New options to control the phishing module: --no-phishing-scan-urls,
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+    --no-phishing-restrictedscan, --phishing-ssl, --phishing-cloak
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   + Interpreter for .cdiff files (scripted updates)
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   + Initial version of mirror manager
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+  + New option: --list-mirrors (list details on mirrors accessed by the mirror
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   + New option HTTPUserAgent to force different User-Agent header
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   + New option: --utf16-decode (decode UTF16 encoded files)
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   + New options: --diff, --run-cdiff, --verify-cdiff (update script management)
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+-) clamconf: initial version of configuration utility for clamd and freshclam
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+We are happy to announce new interesting software with support for ClamAV:
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+  + AqMail - a POP3 client with additional filtering
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+  + ClamFS - a FUSE-based file system with on-access anti-virus scanning
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+  + c-icap - an ICAP server coded in C with support for ClamAV
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+  + MailCleaner - a complete email filtering gateway
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+  + mod_streamav - a ClamAV based antivirus filter for Apache 2
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+  + pyClamd - a python interface to Clamd
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+More information at http://www2.clamav.net/download/third-party-tools/
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 The ClamAV team (http://www.clamav.net/team)