Re:ClamAV: The top 5 misconceptions
by tobylane on Thursday March 24, 2011 @11:56AM
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I heard (from the official irc channel) that it's hard coded to never scan mp3 files. That was the main purpose I wanted it for, and I think it's wrong to hard code anything like that. I suppose it's a good lite partner to something like MSE, if it does now scan mp3s.
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Thats somewhat silly as mp3's can be attack vectors, though I don't know if this is a problem in the wild.
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/GMs-OnStar-Ford-Sync-MP3-B...
I tend to run clam-av on file servers and mail gateways for the obvious reasons. I like the software, it works quite well. I'm going to have to look into the mp3 block though, this just seems like a bad idea.
Well I heard that Steve Jobs puts subliminal messages in MP3s on iTunes to make you buy Big Macs because of a conspiracy by an international group of ......
You can set an ignore list (at least in the clamwin gui) by default a lot of data files (images, mp3s, avi etc) are set to ignore since they shouldn't be executed anyway unless your player is buggy