On 28 Oct 2009 at 11:38, GrayHat wrote:

> Let's suppose that the ClamD engine needs some
> time to reload the signatures, for example...
> 
> Wed Oct 28 10:23:27 2009 -> Reading databases from C:\ASSP\clamAV\data
> Wed Oct 28 10:24:26 2009 -> Database correctly reloaded (896020
> signatures)

Almost a minute - similar to mine on Win, but a lot slower than others (8 
seconds on debian).

> 
> now... during the reload, the scanner won't be answering
> to commands/scans (so probably the "ping" won't work
> either but get "stuck" wating for an anwer which will only
> come after clamd completes the reload)

This has come up on the clamav list before and has become more critical 
now with all the extra signatures (Sanesecurity etc).  Some folks want a 
child process to do the reload, but that would lead to a big increase in 
memory.

paul


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