diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index cee2ea04a..005876e12 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,24 +1,12 @@ -0.91 ----- +0.92rc1 +------- -ClamAV 0.91 is the first release to enable the anti-phishing technology -in default builds. This technology combines heuristics with special -signatures and provides effective protection against phishing threats. -Other important changes and add-ons in this version include: - - - unpacker for NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) self-extracting - archives - - unpacker for ASPack 2.12 - - new implementation of the Aho-Corasick pattern matcher providing - better detection for wildcard enabled signatures - - support for nibble matching and floating offsets - - improved handling of .mdb files (fixes long startup times) - - extraction of PE files embedded into other executables - - better handling of PE & UPX - - removed dependency on libcurl (improves stability) - - libclamav.dll available under Windows - - IPv6 support in clamav-milter - - many other improvements and bugfixes +This release provides various bugfixes, optimisations and improvements to the +scanning engine. The new features include support for ARJ and SFX-ARJ archives, +basic SPF parser in clamav-milter (to reduce phishing false-positives), +faster scanning and others (see ChangeLog). To get a consistent behaviour of +the anti-phishing module on all platforms, libclamav now includes the regex +library from OpenBSD. -- The ClamAV team (http://www.clamav.net/team) diff --git a/README b/README index 35a67b26f..5d5d4b97f 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -2,6 +2,73 @@ Note: This README/NEWS file refers to the source tarball. Some things described here may not be available in binary packages. -- +0.92rc1 +------- + +This release provides various bugfixes, optimisations and improvements to the +scanning engine. The new features include support for ARJ and SFX-ARJ archives, +basic SPF parser in clamav-milter (to reduce phishing false-positives), +faster scanning and others (see ChangeLog). To get a consistent behaviour of +the anti-phishing module on all platforms, libclamav now includes the regex +library from OpenBSD. + +-- +The ClamAV team (http://www.clamav.net/team) + + +0.91.2 +------- + +This release fixes various bugs in libclamav, freshclam and clamav-milter, +and adds support for PUA (Potentially Unwanted Application) signatures +(clamscan: --detect-pua, clamd: DetectPUA). + +** Announcement ** + +Dear ClamAV users, + +On August 17, Sourcefire, the creators of Snort, acquired the ClamAV project. +The full announcement is available here: + +http://www.sourcefire.com/products/clamav/ + +We'd like to thank everyone in the ClamAV community for their dedication to +the project. The acquisition by Sourcefire is a testament to the hard work of +the entire ClamAV community in developing cutting edge technology that truly +showcases the promise of the open source model. With the additional resources +Sourcefire will provide we look forward to working with the community to +continue the advancement of ClamAV. + +Sourcefire now owns ClamAV project and related trademarks, as well as the +source code copyrights held by the five principal members of the ClamAV team. +Sourcefire will also assume control of the ClamAV project including: the +ClamAV.org domain, web site and web site content; and the ClamAV Sourceforge +project page. + +What's most important is that from the end-user perspective very little will +change beyond the additional resources Sourcefire will provide in our +continued efforts to advance the ClamAV technology and improve our ability to +interact with the open source community. The core team will continue to lead +the advancement of ClamAV and the CVD as employees of Sourcefire. Both the +ClamAV engine and the signature database will remain under GPL. + +For more information please visit our website and the following FAQ page: + +http://www.clamav.net/support/sf-faq + +-- +The ClamAV team (http://www.clamav.net/team) + + +0.91.1 +------ + +This release fixes stability and other issues of 0.91. + +-- +The ClamAV team (http://www.clamav.net/team) + + 0.91 ---- diff --git a/docs/clamdoc.pdf b/docs/clamdoc.pdf index 86b2f0ad2..9df42d4ae 100644 Binary files a/docs/clamdoc.pdf and b/docs/clamdoc.pdf differ diff --git a/docs/clamdoc.tex b/docs/clamdoc.tex index 142c0233a..bb78dac19 100644 --- a/docs/clamdoc.tex +++ b/docs/clamdoc.tex @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ \vspace{3cm} \begin{flushright} \rule[-1ex]{8cm}{3pt}\\ - \huge Clam AntiVirus 0.91\\ + \huge Clam AntiVirus 0.92rc1\\ \huge \emph{User Manual}\\ \end{flushright} @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ \vspace{0.5cm} \noindent \begin{boxedminipage}[b]{\textwidth} - ClamAV and Clam AntiVirus are trademarks of Tomasz Kojm. + ClamAV and Clam AntiVirus are trademarks of Sourcefire, Inc. \end{boxedminipage} \newpage @@ -124,13 +124,14 @@ \item{POSIX compliant, portable} \item{Fast scanning} \item{Supports on-access scanning (Linux and FreeBSD only)} - \item{Detects over 135.000 viruses, worms and trojans, including + \item{Detects over 158.000 viruses, worms and trojans, including Microsoft Office macro viruses, mobile malware, and other threats} \item{Scans within archives and compressed files (also protects against archive bombs), built-in support includes: \begin{itemize} \item Zip (including SFX) \item RAR (including SFX) + \item ARJ (including SFX) \item Tar \item Gzip \item Bzip2 @@ -150,7 +151,6 @@ \item wwpack32 \item MEW \item Upack - \item SUE \item Y0da Cryptor \end{itemize} \item{Supports almost all mail file formats}