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clamd.conf(5)                                  Clam AntiVirus                                  clamd.conf(5)



NAME
       clamd.conf - Configuration file for Clam AntiVirus Daemon

DESCRIPTION
       clamd.conf configures the Clam AntiVirus daemon, clamd(8).

FILE FORMAT
       The file consists of comments and options with arguments. Each line which starts with a hash (#) sym-bol symbol
       bol is ignored by the parser. Options and arguments are case sensitive and of the form  Option  Argu-ment. Argument.
       ment. The arguments are of the following types:

       BOOL   Boolean value (yes/no or true/false or 1/0).

       STRING String without blank characters.

       SIZE   Size in bytes. You can use 'M' or 'm' modifiers for megabytes and 'K' or 'k' for kilobytes.

       NUMBER Unsigned integer.

DIRECTIVES
       When  some  option is not used (commented out or not included in the configuration file at all) clamd
       takes a default action.

       Example
              If this option is set clamd will not run.

       LogFile STRING
              Enable logging to selected file.
              Default: no

       LogFileUnlock BOOL
              Disable a system lock that protects against running clamd with  the  same  configuration  file
              multiple times.
              Default: no

       LogFileMaxSize SIZE
              Limit  the  size  of  the  log  file. The logger will be automatically disabled if the file is
              greater than SIZE. Value of 0 disables the limit.
              Default: 1M

       LogTime BOOL
              Log time for each message.
              Default: no

       LogClean BOOL
              Log clean files.
              Default: no

       LogSyslog BOOL
              Use system logger (can work together with LogFile).
              Default: no

       LogFacility STRING
              Specify the type of syslog messages - please refer to 'man syslog' for facility names.
              Default: LOG_LOCAL6

       LogVerbose BOOL
              Enable verbose logging.
              Default: no

       PidFile STRING
              Save the process identifier of a listening daemon (main thread) to a specified file.
              Default: no

       TemporaryDirectory STRING
              Optional path to the global temporary directory.
              Default: system specific (usually /tmp or /var/tmp).

       DatabaseDirectory STRING
              Path to a directory containing database files.
              Default: /private/var/clamav

       LocalSocket STRING
              Path to a local (Unix) socket the daemon will listen on.
              Default: no

       FixStaleSocket BOOL
              Remove stale socket after unclean shutdown.
              Default: yes

       TCPSocket NUMBER
              TCP port number the daemon will listen on.
              Default: no

       TCPAddr STRING
              TCP socket address to bind to. By default clamd binds to INADDR_ANY.
              Default: no

       MaxConnectionQueueLength NUMBER
              Maximum length the queue of pending connections may grow to.
              Default: 15

       MaxThreads NUMBER
              Maximum number of threads running at the same time.
              Default: 10

       ReadTimeout NUMBER
              Waiting for data from a client socket will timeout after this time (seconds).
              Default: 120

       CommandReadTimeout NUMBER
              This option specifies the time (in seconds) after which  clamd  should  timeout  if  a  client
              doesn't  provide any initial command after connecting.  Note: the timeout for subsequents com-mands, commands,
              mands, and/or data chunks is specified by ReadTimeout.
              Default: 5

       SendBufTimeout NUMBER
              This option specifies how long to wait (in miliseconds) if the send buffer is full.  Keep this
              value low to prevent clamd hanging.
              Default: 500

       MaxQueue NUMBER
              Maximum number of queued items (including those being processed by MaxThreads threads).  It is
              recommended to have this value at least twice MaxThreads if possible.
              WARNING: you shouldn't increase this too much to avoid running out of  file  descriptors,  the
              following  condition  should  hold:  MaxThreads*MaxRecursion  +  MaxQueue  -  MaxThreads + 6 <
              RLIMIT_NOFILE.  RLIMIT_NOFILE is the maximum number of open file descriptors  (usually  1024),
              set by ulimit -n.
              Default: 100

       IdleTimeout NUMBER
              Waiting for a new job will timeout after this time (seconds).
              Default: 30

       ExcludePath REGEX
              Don't scan files and directories matching REGEX. This directive can be used multiple times.
              Default: scan all

       MaxDirectoryRecursion NUMBER
              Maximum depth directories are scanned at.
              Default: 15

       FollowDirectorySymlinks BOOL
              Follow directory symlinks.
              Default: no

       FollowFileSymlinks BOOL
              Follow regular file symlinks.
              Default: no

       SelfCheck NUMBER
              Perform a database check.
              Default: 1800

       VirusEvent COMMAND
              Execute  COMMAND  when  a  virus  is found. In the command string %v will be replaced with the
              virus name.
              Default: no

       ExitOnOOM BOOL
              Stop daemon when libclamav reports out of memory condition.
              Default: no

       User STRING
              Run as another user (clamd must be started by root to make this option working).
              Default: no

       AllowSupplementaryGroups BOOL
              Initialize supplementary group access (clamd must be started by root).
              Default: no

       Foreground BOOL
              Don't fork into background.
              Default: no

       Debug BOOL
              Enable debug messages from libclamav.

       LeaveTemporaryFiles BOOL
              Do not remove temporary files (for debug purpose).
              Default: no

       StreamMaxLength SIZE
              Clamd uses FTP-like protocol to receive data from remote clients. If you are using clamav-mil-
              ter  to balance load between remote clamd daemons on firewall servers you may need to tune the
              Stream* options. This option allows you to specify the upper limit for data size that will  be
              transfered  to remote daemon when scanning a single file. It should match your MTA's limit for
              a maximum attachment size.
              Default: 10M

       StreamMinPort NUMBER
              Limit data port range.
              Default: 1024

       StreamMaxPort NUMBER
              Limit data port range.
              Default: 2048

       DetectPUA
              Detect Possibly Unwanted Applications.
              Default: No

       ExcludePUA CATEGORY
              Exclude  a  specific  PUA  category.  This  directive  can  be  used   multiple   times.   See
              http://www.clamav.net/support/pua for the complete list of PUA categories.
              Default: Load all categories (if DetectPUA is activated)

       IncludePUA CATEGORY
              Only  include  a  specific  PUA  category.  This  directive  can  be  used multiple times. See
              http://www.clamav.net/support/pua for the complete list of PUA categories.
              Default: Load all categories (if DetectPUA is activated)

       AlgorithmicDetection BOOL
              In some cases (eg. complex malware, exploits in graphic files, and others), ClamAV  uses  spe-cial special
              cial algorithms to provide accurate detection. This option controls the algorithmic detection.
              Default: yes

       ScanPE BOOL
              PE stands for Portable Executable - it's an executable file format used in all 32  and  64-bit
              versions  of Windows operating systems. This option allows ClamAV to perform a deeper analysis
              of executable files and it's also required for decompression  of  popular  executable  packers
              such as UPX.
              Default: yes

       ScanELF BOOL
              Executable  and  Linking  Format is a standard format for UN*X executables. This option allows
              you to control the scanning of ELF files.
              Default: yes

       DetectBrokenExecutables BOOL
              With this option clamd will try to detect broken executables (both PE and ELF) and  mark  them
              as Broken.Executable.
              Default: no

       ScanOLE2 BOOL
              This option enables scanning of OLE2 files, such as Microsoft Office documents and .msi files.
              Default: yes

       ScanPDF BOOL
              This option enables scanning within PDF files.
              Default: yes

       ScanHTML BOOL
              Enables HTML detection and normalisation.
              Default: yes

       ScanMail BOOL
              Enable scanning of mail files.
              Default: yes

       MailFollowURLs BOOL
              If an email contains URLs ClamAV can download and scan them. WARNING:  This  option  may  open
              your system to a DoS attack. Never use it on loaded servers.
              Default: no

       ScanPartialMessages BOOL
              Scan  RFC1341  messages split over many emails. You will need to periodically clean up $Tempo-raryDirectory/clamav-partial $TemporaryDirectory/clamav-partial
              raryDirectory/clamav-partial directory. WARNING: This option may open your  system  to  a  DoS
              attack. Never use it on loaded servers.
              Default: no

       MailMaxRecursion NUMBER (OBSOLETE)
              WARNING: This option is no longer accepted. See MaxRecursion.

       PhishingSignatures BOOL
              With this option enabled ClamAV will try to detect phishing attempts by using signatures.
              Default: yes

       PhishingScanURLs BOOL
              Scan  URLs found in mails for phishing attempts using heuristics. This will classify "Possibly
              Unwanted" phishing emails as Phishing.Heuristics.Email.*
              Default: yes

       PhishingAlwaysBlockSSLMismatch BOOL
              Always block SSL mismatches in URLs, even if the URL isn't in the database. This can  lead  to
              false positives.
              Default: no

       PhishingAlwaysBlockCloak BOOL
              Always block cloaked URLs, even if URL isn't in database. This can lead to false positives.
              Default: no

       HeuristicScanPrecedence BOOL
              Allow  heuristic  match  to take precedence. When enabled, if a heuristic scan (such as phish-ingScan) phishingScan)
              ingScan) detects a possible virus/phishing it will  stop  scanning  immediately.  Recommended,
              saves  CPU  scan-time.  When  disabled,  virus/phishing  detected  by  heuristic scans will be
              reported only at the end of a scan. If an  archive  contains  both  a  heuristically  detected
              virus/phishing,  and  a real malware, the real malware will be reported. Keep this disabled if
              you intend to handle "*.Heuristics.*" viruses  differently from  "real"  malware.  If  a  non-heuristically-detected nonheuristically-detected
              heuristically-detected virus (signature-based) is found first, the scan is interrupted immedi-ately, immediately,
              ately, regardless of this config option.
              Default: no

       StructuredDataDetection BOOL
              Enable the DLP module.
              Default: no

       StructuredMinCreditCardCount NUMBER
              This option sets the lowest number of Credit Card numbers  found  in  a  file  to  generate  a
              detect.
              Default: 3

       StructuredMinSSNCount NUMBER
              This  option  sets  the lowest number of Social Security Numbers found in a file to generate a
              detect.
              Default: 3

       StructuredSSNFormatNormal BOOL
              With this option enabled the DLP module will search for valid SSNs formatted as xxx-yy-zzzz.
              Default: Yes

       StructuredSSNFormatStripped BOOL
              With this option enabled the DLP module will search for valid SSNs formatted as xxxyyzzzz.
              Default: No

       ScanArchive BOOL
              Enable archive scanning.
              Default: yes

       ArchiveMaxFileSize (OBSOLETE)
              WARNING: This option is no longer accepted. See MaxFileSize and MaxScanSize.

       ArchiveMaxRecursion (OBSOLETE)
              WARNING: This option is no longer accepted. See MaxRecursion.

       ArchiveMaxFiles (OBSOLETE)
              WARNING: This option is no longer accepted. See MaxFiles.

       ArchiveMaxCompressionRatio (OBSOLETE)
              WARNING: This option is no longer accepted.

       ArchiveBlockMax (OBSOLETE)
              WARNING: This option is no longer accepted.

       ArchiveLimitMemoryUsage BOOL
              Use slower decompression algorithm which uses less memory. This option only affects the  bzip2
              decompressor.
              Default: no

       ArchiveBlockEncrypted BOOL
              Mark encrypted archives as viruses (Encrypted.Zip, Encrypted.RAR).
              Default: no

       MaxScanSize SIZE
              Sets the maximum amount of data to be scanned for each input file. Archives and other contain-ers containers
              ers are recursively extracted and scanned up to this value. Warning: disabling this  limit  or
              setting it too high may result in severe damage to the system.
              Default: 100M

       MaxFileSize SIZE
              Files  larger than this limit won't be scanned. Affects the input file itself as well as files
              contained inside it (when the input file is an archive, a document or some other kind of  con-tainer). container).
              tainer).  Warning:  disabling this limit or setting it too high may result in severe damage to
              the system.
              Default: 25M

       MaxRecursion NUMBER
              Nested archives are scanned recursively, e.g. if a Zip archive contains a RAR file, all  files
              within  it  will also be scanned. This options specifies how deeply the process should be con-tinued. continued.
              tinued. Warning: disabling this limit or setting it too high may result in  severe  damage  to
              the system.
              Default: 16

       MaxFiles NUMBER
              Number  of  files to be scanned within an archive, a document, or any other kind of container.
              Warning: disabling this limit or setting it too high may result in severe damage to  the  sys-tem. system.
              tem.
              Default: 10000

       ClamukoScanOnAccess BOOL
              Enable Clamuko. Dazuko (/dev/dazuko) must be configured and running.
              Default: no

       ClamukoScanOnOpen BOOL
              Scan files on open.
              Default: no

       ClamukoScanOnClose BOOL
              Scan files on close.
              Default: no.

       ClamukoScanOnExec BOOL
              Scan files on execute.
              Default: no

       ClamukoIncludePath STRING
              Set  the  include  paths (all files and directories inside them will be scanned). You can have
              multiple ClamukoIncludePath directives but each directory must be added in a separate line).
              Default: no

       ClamukoExcludePath STRING
              Set the exclude paths. All subdirectories will also be excluded.
              Default: no

       ClamukoMaxFileSize SIZE
              Ignore files larger than SIZE.
              Default: 5M

NOTES
       All options expressing a size are limited to max 4GB. Values in excess will be resetted to the  maxi-mum. maximum.
       mum.

FILES
       /private/etc/clamd.conf

AUTHOR
       Tomasz Kojm <tkojm@clamav.net>

SEE ALSO
       clamd(8), clamdscan(1), clamav-milter(8), clamscan(1), freshclam(1), sigtool(1)



ClamAV 0.95.3                                 February 12, 2007                                clamd.conf(5)