At 5:03 PM +0200 5/18/2009, aCaB wrote:
>Since VT feeds are pretty massive and contains very random files
>(including false positives from other vendors, lots of tests - the bad
>guys know about VT as well) we generally classify those samples as low
>priority.
>On the other hand, user sumbissions have a much higher priority and are
>generally processed first.

So you would prefer we submit directly to ClamAV at
<http://cgi.clamav.net/sendvirus.cgi>

>  > Once the ClamAV team receives the virus, on average currently how
>>  long before its sig is added to the database?
>
>Due to the huge number of submissions we have to process it is really
>hard to tell. It mostly depends on the severity of the threat, that is,
>how many of such samples we've already received. Big outbreaks generally
>take less than one hour. Unique samples may need several days to be
>processed.

Ok.  Thx.

- Dan.
-- 
- Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth
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