> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:50:56 +0300
> Subject: Re: [Clamav-users] nonblock_connect: connect timing out (30 secs)
>
> >> From: [email protected]
> >> To: [email protected]
> >> Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:55:31 +0300
> >> Subject: Re: [Clamav-users] nonblock_connect: connect
> >> timing out (30 secs)
> >>
> >>>> The second symptom is from not running clamd, or having
> >>>> a wrong path to clamav's config file in freshclam.conf.
> >>>> If you don't have clamd running (which I recommend),
> >>>> comment out the
> >>>> NotifyClamd <clamav config file>
> >>>> or make sure the argument to NotifyClamd correctly
> >>>> points to clamd's config file.
> >>>
> >>> OK. How do I run clamd?
> >>> Do I only need to issue the command "clamd" and that's
> >>> it? After that will I have on-access protection?
> >>> If I reboot the PC, will clamd shutdown itself
> >>> gracefully, or do I first need to send some command so
> >>> clamd deactivates itself correctly (not leaving sockets
> >>> opened like Haywood said)??
> >>>
> >>
> >> No. There should be a startup script like
> >>
> >> /etc/init.d/clamd
> >>
> >> or
> >> /etc/init.d/clamav-daemon
> >>
> >> which should be run automatically when the system starts
> >> and stops. The normal *nix way.
> >>
> >>
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> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > But do I really need clamd??
> > As far as I can tell, clamd "only" gives me on-access
> > protection, right?
> >
> > Thank you
> > Agostinho
> >
>
> No, clamd does not give to transparent backgroup protection, like the Windows
> antivirus tools to. It is a daemonized version of clamscan, which means that
> it preloads the signature databases to memory, and scans the viruses in rapid
> manner when requested, as it does not need to reload the database again and
> again everyting like clamscan has to.
>
> Its purpose is speed up the scanning process. If you are familiar with
> SpamAssassin, clamd works like spamd in SpamAssassin.
>
> clamd sits resident in memory, and the client, clamdscan works as its client,
> passing the material to clamd to process. This is fast and efficient compared
> to plain clamscan. Saves resources and time needed to scan.
>
>
>
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Hello Jari,
I see... so it's mainly a performance/efficiency thing.
Right?
I thought it would provide me on-access scanning :-)
But if it loads all the virus def in memory won't that be very RAM consuming?
Thank you
Agostinho
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