avast vs clamscan

system · March 30, 2014, 1:04pm

[root@server bin]# ./avast /home/user/mail/Trash
/home/user/mail/Trash [OK]

Statistics:

scanned files: 1

scanned directories: 0

infected files: 0

total file size: 1,5 MB

virus database: 140330-0 30.03.2014

test elapsed: 0s 350ms

[root@server bin]# clamscan /home/user/mail/Trash
/home/user/mail/Trash: Heuristics.Phishing.Email.SpoofedDomain FOUND

----------- SCAN SUMMARY -----------
Known viruses: 3278397
Engine version: 0.98.1
Scanned directories: 0
Scanned files: 1
Infected files: 1
Data scanned: 4.11 MB
Data read: 1.55 MB (ratio 2.66:1)
Time: 13.345 sec (0 m 13 s)

tuma · March 31, 2014, 10:49am

You are using a 6 year old, no more supported version of avast, so it is no wonder, it does not detect some file…
Try the current version of avast, taht can be found here:
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=145973.0

system · March 31, 2014, 11:09am

scan -a /home/user/mail/Trash
/home/user/mail/Trash [OK]

tuma · March 31, 2014, 1:50pm

Can you post the file or at least a link to it, so we can analyze it?

system · March 31, 2014, 1:59pm

Unfortunately not

system · April 6, 2014, 11:08am

Hi,

Did you use third party sigs for clamav ? According with the databases, there are many false positives.

Heuristics.Phishing.Email.SpoofedDomain is know as giving false positive. Have a try with searching on google .

So this is not an issue with avast, but with clamav.

Regards.

ShelbyGT500

system · April 20, 2014, 3:01am

This is obviously a false positive. I do not understand how a file can be a Phishing website. Ensure you are not using third-party signatures for Clam AV.