guenther schrieb: > On Fri, 2007-04-13 at 15:35 +0200, Walter Bürger wrote: > > >> # time clamscan (in an empty directory) >> ----------- SCAN SUMMARY ----------- >> Known viruses: 108369 >> Engine version: 0.90.1 >> Scanned directories: 1 >> Scanned files: 0 >> Infected files: 0 >> Data scanned: 0.00 MB >> Time: 18.512 sec (0 m 18 s) >> clamscan 17.26s user 0.69s system 96% cpu 18.652 total >> >> This makes clamscan almost unusable. >> > > You want to use clamd/clamdscan instead of calling clamscan all the > time. Just as Anton already pointed out in this thread, loading the > virus signatures takes a lot of time. > > $ clamscan | egrep -i '(scanned|time)' > Scanned directories: 1 > Scanned files: 0 > Data scanned: 0.00 MB > Time: 10.460 sec (0 m 10 s) > > $ clamdscan | egrep -i '(scanned|time)' > Time: 0.001 sec (0 m 0 s) > > guenther > > >
Hi, nevertheless - regardless of the chosen solution - clamscan can be considered useless in this state. Scan times range from 18 to 40 seconds per examined file. Will this be fixed in the near future ? Best regards, Walter. _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
