Version history ClamWin

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Changes from v0.95.1 -> v0.95.2

• Added malware detection in archives hidden inside other files (eg. images)
• Improved scanning of RAR and CAB archives
• Other scanning enhancements

Changes from v0.94.1 -> v0.95.1

• Better ZIP archive handling
• fixed possible false positive detection
• A lot of other bug fixes fixes and improvements

Changes from v0.94 -> v0.94.1

• Fixed Daylight Savings bug in Clamwin scheduler
• A number of pattern detection improvements in ClamAV engine

Changes from v0.93.1 -> v0.94

• Disassembly engine and support for logical signatures improve malware detection
• Improved scanning of scripts
• Scheduler enhancements with internet connection state detection

Changes from v0.93 -> v0.93.1

• This release updates ClamAV scanning engine and includes several improvements:
• Improved handling of PDF, CAB, RTF, OLE2 and HTML files
• Added a configuration parameter for MS Outlook Splash Screen
• Several important bugfixes

Changes from v0.92 -> v0.93

• Considerably faster scanning speed
• More intelligent database updates with online connection status checking
• Improved archived files handling.

Changes from v0.91.2 -> v0.92

• updated ClamAV engine to 0.92. New ClamAV engine significantly improves database loading time and scanning speed
• resolved MS Vista compatibility issues
• added Windows theme support
• fixed temp file deletion problem
• added --detect-pua option (turned off by default)

Changes from v0.91.1 -> v0.91.2

• Bugfixes and changes since 0.91.1:
• libclamav/rtf.c: fix possible NULL dereference bb#611)
• libclamav/ole2_extract.c: properly initialise hdr.max_block_no (bb#603)
• libclamav/htmlnorm.c: fix possible NULL dereference (bb#582), thanks to Stefanos Stamatis
• libclamav/htmlnorm.c: fix call to tolower() (bb#580)
• libclamav/filetypes.c: some embedded PEs were not being detected
• clamav-milter: Fix compilation error on NetBSD2.0
• clamav-milter: Black-hole-mode no longer needs to be run as root
• libclamav/pdf.c: Bug 618, --block-max not always honoured
• libclamav/phishcheck.c, regex_list.c, phish_whitelist.c: make debug output look better (patch from Sven)
• libclamav/phishcheck.c: Don't report phishing on broken urls containing '>' in the hostname. (bb #619)
• libclamav, sigtool: add support for PUA databases (.hdu, .mdu, .ndu), requested by Christoph
• clamscan: add --detect-pua
• clamd, clamd.conf: add DetectPUA
• freshclam/mirman.c: properly handle mirror access times (bb#606, only outdated installations - three versions behind the latest one were affected by this problem), Reported by David F. Skoll
• clamav-milter: Bug 614
• libclamav/pdf.c: Bug 608
• clamav-milter: SPF checking no longer experimental
• libclamav/phishcheck.c: workaround Solaris problem with regexec() [bb #598]
• libclamav/matcher-ac.c: fix matching of patterns with prefixes and some other issues spotted by Glen
• clamav-milter/clamav-milter.c: Better use of res_init()
• clamav-milter/clamav-milter.c: HP-UX doesn't have EX_CONFIG, reported by clam * ministry.se

Changes from v0.90.2.1 -> v0.91.1

• Updated ClamAV to 0.91.1, which should improve archive and packed executable scanning as well as improve database loading times.
• Fixed duplicate database loading in certain cases

Changes from v0.90.2 -> v0.90.2.1

• Outlook Addin now uses pylibclamav instead of clamscan to improve speed of email opening
• New upgrades system getting ready for incremental updates

Changes from v0.90.1.1 -> v0.90.2

• Updated ClamAV scanning engine to 0.90.2

Changes from v0.90 -> v0.90.1

• Upgraded ClamAV to 0.90.1
• Fixed relative path problem with database lock mechanism in freshclam
• Supressed getfile and getpatch errors for intranet database updates
• Added a warning if the database is older than 3 days
• Minor bugfixes

Changes from v0.88.7 -> v0.90

• Added new option to scan MS Windows Executable files only in order to improve scanning speed. This option is in the "Advanced" tab and is turned on by default.
• Added an option to disable scanning of incoming and/or outgoing emails in MS Outlook. These options are available in the "Email Scanning" tab
• Added "Technical Support" link to Help menu.

Changes from v0.88.6 -> v0.88.7

• Bugfixes and enhancements in ClamAV email scanning
• Fixed problems with certain temporary file names

Changes from v0.88.5 -> v0.88.6

• New feature to allow unloading of infected programs from computer memory
• Better temporary file management and cleanup

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