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ClamAV Signature Retirement Announcement

ClamAV was first introduced in 2002; since then, the signature set has grown without bound, delivering as many detections as possible to the community. Due to continually increasing database sizes and user adoption, we are faced with significantly increasing costs of distributing the signature set to the community.To address the issue, Cisco Talos has been working to evaluate the efficacy and rele

Reference details

Source category
Research & news
Report title
ClamAV Signature Retirement Announcement
First reported
Nov 18, 2025 18:51 UTC
Last reported
Nov 18, 2025 18:51 UTC
Catalog updated
Oct 08, 2026 03:42 UTC
Record ID
1092056f62e10f2d97dc32d282a32df88a3c9f134ebb557f3733e5ade1f891a7

Published indicators

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Source observations

src_38fc32838f99f6297c

Source-provided label
Not reported
Evidence class
mentioned in report
Confidence
Not reported
Observed
Nov 18, 2025 18:51 UTC
Retrieved
Oct 08, 2026 03:42 UTC

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Feed collection status

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1 sources: 0 stale, 0 needing attention, 0 paused, 1 unverified.

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  • src_38fc32838f99f6297cCollection status unverifiedLast successful batch: Unverified

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