Correction: I clamdscan is al least as fast as any other virus scanners
Ajay -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ajay Tikoo Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 10:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [clamav-win32] speeding up clam on win XP Also, there is a huge speed difference between using clamscan and clamdscan. While clamscan is very slow, I do not think clamdscan is al least as fast as any other virus scanners. Ajay -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bret Miller Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 10:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [clamav-win32] speeding up clam on win XP > So, in summary, how do you speed up clam? If you're scanning e-mail, you'll want to make sure this option is set to no: MailFollowURLs No Without it, ClamAV tries to follow each URL. For what I'm not exactly sure, but it really slows it down and makes it subject to timeouts. I've been using this ClamAV port together with Tech-Protect for the last few months and find it's considerably faster than running any other antivirus product I've tried. However, I also understand that it does not check every file on every read, so there is some chance that a virus could still get past the combination. It would likely be detected, but not before infection like mainstream AV products try to do. Still, both are completely free and IMO, provide decent detection. Bret _______________________________________________ http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-win32 _______________________________________________ http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-win32 _______________________________________________ http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-win32
