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peteblank

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Registered: 2022-05-18

Posts: 6

why didn't clamav remove the viruses?

I scanned my drive with clamav and it says it found 2 viruses and it did not remove them.

----------- SCAN SUMMARY -----------
Known viruses: 8647126
Engine version: 0.105.1
Scanned directories: 26597
Scanned files: 374214
Infected files: 2
Total errors: 24354
Not removed: 2
Data scanned: 34523.33 MB
Data read: 78647.05 MB (ratio 0.44:1)
Time: 3772.854 sec (62 m 52 s)
Start Date: 2023:01:06 21:52:35

I used the command:
firejail clamscan --recursive --remove /

Scimmia

Fellow

Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 11,559

Re: why didn't clamav remove the viruses?

Probably because of firejail?

peteblank

Member

Registered: 2022-05-18

Posts: 6

Re: why didn't clamav remove the viruses?

I tried it without firejail last time and it found 4 but it didn't remove the 2 viruses.

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 11,920

Re: why didn't clamav remove the viruses?

Where are those files located and what access does the user clamscan runs as have for the location(s) ?

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