Re: clamscan to check dos .exe files

[Sthu Deus <sthu.deus@gmail.com>]

Thank You for Your time and answer, Scott:

>> How do I scan dos .exe files w/ clamscan? Or it is impossible?
>> 
>> I have downloaded a windos exe and want to try it w/ wine. But first
>> I want to check it but clamscan seems does not scan it - in its
>> statistics it shows zero data scanned.
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks for Your time.
>> 
>> 
>Have you run the updates?
>
>It should "just work". eg.:-

>scott@work:~/.cxoffice/default/drive_c/Program Files/Internet Explorer$
>clamscan iexplore.exe
>iexplore.exe: OK
>
>----------- SCAN SUMMARY -----------
>Known viruses: 1097623
>Engine version: 0.97.3
>Scanned directories: 0
>Scanned files: 1
>Infected files: 0
>Data scanned: 0.02 MB
>Data read: 0.02 MB (ratio 1.00:1)
>Time: 10.355 sec (0 m 10 s)

Weird. For me, sometimes it does, sometimes, not:

$ clamscan INSTALL.EXE 
----------- SCAN SUMMARY -----------
Known viruses: 1098882
Engine version: 0.97.3
Scanned directories: 0
Scanned files: 1
Infected files: 0
Data scanned: 1.35 MB
Data read: 1.34 MB (ratio 1.01:1)
Time: 5.472 sec (0 m 5 s)

$ clamscan setup.exe
----------- SCAN SUMMARY -----------
Known viruses: 1098882
Engine version: 0.97.3
Scanned directories: 0
Scanned files: 1
Infected files: 0
Data scanned: 0.00 MB
Data read: 203.75 MB (ratio 0.00:1)
Time: 5.209 sec (0 m 5 s)

Do You know if it scans for viruses in FLAC / video - format files?