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srguglielmo at gmail

Apr 18, 2012, 8:38 AM

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ClamAV detecting SSN in mail

Hello,

I have a mail system with virus filtering via ClamAV. It has been
working well, I've tested it with the EICAR check successfully.
However, ClamAV has been detecting false positives in certain emails
with the detection "Heuristics.Structured.SSN."

This is the most recent email it flagged as
"Heuristics.Structured.SSN", but is a false positive.
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-announce/2012-April/001417.html

It is a announcement on a FreeBSD mailing list. It has no viruses or
social security numbers.

Is there a way to decrease the sensitivity of this?

Thank you.
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edwin at clamav

Apr 18, 2012, 8:51 AM

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Re: ClamAV detecting SSN in mail [In reply to]

On 04/18/2012 06:38 PM, Stephen Guglielmo wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a mail system with virus filtering via ClamAV. It has been
> working well, I've tested it with the EICAR check successfully.
> However, ClamAV has been detecting false positives in certain emails
> with the detection "Heuristics.Structured.SSN."
>
> This is the most recent email it flagged as
> "Heuristics.Structured.SSN", but is a false positive.
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-announce/2012-April/001417.html
>
> It is a announcement on a FreeBSD mailing list. It has no viruses or
> social security numbers.
>
> Is there a way to decrease the sensitivity of this?

Set StructuredSSNFormatStripped to No in clamd.conf (which is the default).
Parts of the MD5/SHA256 from that email are identified as valid SSNs otherwise.

Best regards,
--Edwin
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