On Nov 7, 2007 10:30 AM, Sandeep Sachdev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to using clam and I've got a few questions I was hoping I could get
> answered.I had a quick look around the FAQ, documentation and mail list
> archives but didn't find information on these questions.
>
> 1. When a new binary is released. How quickly will I need to update to it
> before I might be unprotected from the latest viruses. Is it usually a matter
> or days/weeks/months?
I assume you mean version, rather than binary. In theory the answer
is that you're already behind on protection so you need to upgrade as
soon as possible.
> 2.How quickly will clamscan or clamdscan warn me that I am using an older
> binary. I'm assuming something will be output when i run clamscan or
> clamdscan. Is this assumption correct? Does this only occur once the virus
> database contains virus signatures that aren't supported with the older
> binary.
Freshclam will warn you when your installed version is out of date.
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