On May 17, 2016, at 5:02 AM, Michael D. L. <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Hope it's the right list I'm posting to :)
> 
> Why is the Signature Database only updated every 4 hours? Every 15 minutes 
> would make more sense, since Spammers move very fast pushing out new version 
> of Trojans and alike.

Over the long term, ClamAV has averaged about two virus definition updates per 
day.  If they start averaging more than 6 updates per day, then supporting more 
frequent signature changes might make sense....

Regards,
-- 
-Chuck

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