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dougmack
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« on: February 06, 2012, 03:14:55 AM »
Just got an update notification for ClamAV/CLAM-TK (the GUI) and ran the update.  Then I figured I'd try it out.
Did a recursive scan of /home and it complained:
File: /home/doug/Downloads/G41MX Series Manual-En-V1.0.pdf   Status: Heuristic.Encrypted.PDF  Action: None
This happens to be the instruction manual for a Foxconn motherboard, which I printed some time ago.
Comments welcome.  Artha says "heuristics"  a commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem.  I haven't quarantined it as of yet.  Comments?

Thanx--doug
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« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2012, 09:18:21 AM »
Go to http://virustotal.com and scan the file in there.

No, You did not got infected but Your windows friends might.

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« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2012, 09:13:00 PM »
if the file is usable i think that you experienced a false positive

some antivirus are popular for being paranoid, sad to know that clam is one of those
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