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Sujet: Re: [Clamav-users] No debian woody support anymore?
De : Rob Sterenborg <r.sterenb...@netsourcing.nl>
Pour : ClamAV users ML <clamav-users@lists.clamav.net>
Date : Fri Apr 23 2010 09:40:20 GMT+0200

>> OK, how's this then. 9.5.3 (IIRC) came out about the time the notice
> 
> OK, how's this then. If you used freshclam, everytime you updated the 
> signatures you got a message about ClamAV being outdated. The gap between 
> 0.94 and now it quite big. The people who *chose* to ignore it are to blame. 
> If you're stupid enough *not* to upgrade your virusscanner while it's for 
> free (that's probably why you chose ClamAV in the first place), it's your 
> fault. If you're running a mailserver and got bitten because you don't know 
> how to upgrade, then IMO you shouldn't be running a mailserver because of 
> lack of knowledge about the system. I can't help that, you can't help that, 
> SourceFire can't help that. They can help themselves however by learning how 
> to do things and that won't be helped by keeping a hand over their heads, 
> preventing from 'bad things to happen'.. (IMO, running an outdated 
> virusscanner *is* a Bad Thing(tm).) Or, if people do *not* (want to) learn 
> about their system, they should buy an appliance with support contract that 
> takes care of this.
> 
> Disclaimer: by "you" and "your" I don't mean specifically *you*.
> 
> Everytime a posting pops up asking why their ClamAV doesn't work anymore, the 
> thread gets hijacked by rants like these. This is not helping the OP want way 
> OT. If you'd just stay in the already polluted threads and post your rants 
> there, the list would be cleaner.
> 
> 
> -- Rob
> 
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Message of freshclam did not specify that older versions would stop. It
was the same message as for minor upgrades. This did not give the
information that something different than usual was planned.
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