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		atmosx on Nov 20, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A New Malware Detection Tool That Can Expose Illeg... Isn't clamAV[1] very good at this already and free of charge AND not keen to close an eye on specific signatures. [1] http://www.clamav.net/doc/install.html [2] http://www.clamxav.com for OSX

niels_olson on Nov 21, 2014 [–]

I believe Cisco now owns clamAV.

edwintorok on Nov 21, 2014 | [–]

You don't have to use/trust the official database (or its whitelist). You could create a custom database with just the signatures you are interested in and run a scan with just that.

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