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/usr/bin/clamsubmit

An anti-virus toolkit for UNIX eis-ng backport

From clamav-1.4 1.4.6-r7 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running clamsubmit --help (exit 0). permalink

/usr/bin/clamsubmit: illegal option -- -

                       Clam AntiVirus: Malware and False Positive Reporting Tool 1.4.6
           By The ClamAV Team: https://www.clamav.net/about.html#credits
           (C) 2024 Cisco Systems, Inc.

    /usr/bin/clamsubmit -hHinpVvd?

    -h or -?                  Show this help
    -v                        Show version
    -e [EMAIL]                Your email address (required)
    -n [FILE/-]               Submit a false negative (FN)
    -N [NAME]                 Your name contained in quotation marks (required)
    -p [FILE/-]               Submit a false positive (FP)
    -V [VIRUS]                Detected virus name (required with -p)
    -d                        Enable debug output

You must specify -n or -p. Both are mutually exclusive. Pass in - as the filename for stdin.
Options (8)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, -?Display help to stderr and exit.help + man
-vShow versionhelp
-e EMAILRequired option for setting the email address for the submission.help + man
-n FILE/-Submit a file that reports as a false negative (ClamAV reports CLEAN).help + man
-N NAMERequired option for setting the name of the sender for the submission.help + man
-p FILE/-Submit a file that reports as a false positive (ClamAV flags the file as virus).help + man
-V VIRUSThe name of the virus detected as false positive.help + man
-dEnable debug outputhelp

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.