On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:25:50 -0800 Dennis Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sheikji Nazirudeen wrote: > > Hello: > > I am in the process of scanning HP and Sun servers. I am running into > > issues wherein, it takes a long time for the scan to complete. Is there > > any way apart from exculding certain file extensions to increase the > > speed. I would be much interested in a software solution. Let me know. > > This is an opportunity to ask the providers a related question: Does ClamAV > use every pattern file record and all heuristics on every file it scans? No, it doesn't. The signatures are grouped into six categories: Generic, PE (windows exe/dll), OLE2 (MS Office, .msi), HTML, Mail, Graphics and ELF. Every file is first scanned with its type specific sigs (if applicable) and then with generic sigs. -- oo ..... Tomasz Kojm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (\/)\......... http://www.ClamAV.net/gpg/tkojm.gpg \..........._ 0DCA5A08407D5288279DB43454822DC8985A444B //\ /\ Mon Nov 26 09:36:45 CET 2007 _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
