Why bother scanning when you can forcibly remove all and any code present in the file?
this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2025
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whoa, cool!
I didn't know about that tool. Apparently, it is a CDR, which I like very much. I'm not aware of any good open-source implementations.
Thank you for this
ClamAV is as good as ever. I still keep it around and updated for checking the random suspicious file. You can use the ClamTK or other graphical interfaces as well if that's more your style.
Virus total has caught a good few things in pdfs during my usage