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Update to NEWS.md to include details about Authenticode parsing improvements.

Micah Snyder (micasnyd) authored on 2018/11/16 23:29:10
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   GitHub pull-request by Thomas Petazzoni.
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 - Added file type `CL_TYPE_LNK` to more easily identify Windows Shortcut files
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   when writing signatures.
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-- Windows executable (PE) Authenticode parsing improvements.
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+- Improved parsing of Windows executable (PE) Authenticode signatures. Pull-
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+  request by Andrew Williams.
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+  - Added support for Authenticode signature properties commonly used by
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+    Windows system files. These files are now much more likely to be
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+    whitelisted correctly.
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+  - Signature parsing now works correctly on big endian systems.
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 - Some simplification to freshclam mirror management code, including changes
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   to reduce timeout on ignoring mirrors after errors, and to make freshclam
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   more tolerant when there is a delay between the time the new signature
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 The ClamAV team thanks the following individuals for their code submissions:
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+- Andrew Williams
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 - Craig Andrews
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 - Josh Soref
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 - monnerat