Rob Sterenborg wrote: > Yes I'm aware of that. But.. clamdscan was as "slow" as clamscan as > clamavmodule. I would suggest that you either use clamdscan or clamavmodule. The time required for clamscan to load virus signatures (100 thousand or so) is enough (20-something seconds on my system) to justify the choice.
> Since I *had* to make this work again, I installed both clamav and > spamassassin from source instead of using apt-get and this time it > worked (using clamdscan). > > Good to hear :) > I don't understand why it wasn't working when I *completely* (personally > checked) remove the package (using apt-get and dpkg) and reinstall it, > but I'm not going to complain: this was my excuse to install the latest > version from source. > > It would probably be helpful if you also check which part of your system is heavily-loaded at that time. e.g. Does clamd consume 100% CPU usage, or disk I/O is very heavy, etc. Regards, Fajar _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html