On 2008-09-01 12:34, Ken LEpee wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Greetings, > > i'm Ken and i'm new to linux, also the free software world. I'd like to ask: > I read once that many anti viruses which are meant for linux based os don't > work in computers using dual processor, such as the intel duo core and > dual-duo-core.
Where did you read that? ClamAV is multi-threaded, and it works just fine on a dual, quad, etc. CPU. You can run multiple clamdscan instances to take advantage of this, or use the multiscan feature (which will spawn MaxThreads threads as defined in clamd.conf): clamdscan -m <directory> > Has this problem been addressed and solved in clamav's latest, stable version > of its antivirus, such as the 0.93.3 and 0.94.rc1 versions?I currently use > mandriva 2008.1 in my laptop. On visiting the users' postings archive and > wiki/faq section of clamav's website, i searched for info on which version i > should download and found a posting with just one sentence, saying "urpmi" I > understand this as the format of packages in/compatible with mandriva, but > then, what should i do? Do i have to just download the antivirus from > clamav's source and then on opening it i'll find clamav antivirus in several > different formats, so i should pick the rpm one? Or do i have to do other > thing? > > Thank you very much for your kind attention. Waiting for your explanation. Both 0.93.3 and 0.94 support your CPU (and in fact I can't think of a ClamAV version that doesn't support it). You can install it using your distro's package manager, or if you want the latest (and there is no package for it yet), you can download the sources and build it. Best regards, --Edwin _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
