I agree with Scott. Stick with tried and true F-Prot.exe for now. If your server is maxed out and you really need the cycles, then fpcmd may be worthwhile experimenting with.
Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Landry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 9:08 PM Subject: RE: [Declude.Virus] Which F-Prot scanner to call? > Hmmm, so it does work then...? Thanks, Jerry, I'll do some testing, as > well. Scott, has Declude tested both and which one is "officially" > recommended? > > Thanks, > > Bill > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Murdock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 5:20 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Declude.Virus] Which F-Prot scanner to call? > > > Fpcmd is a Win32 console application, command-line only. > > F-prot is the DOS command line app, with a DOS user interface(if called with > no parameters). > > My testing shows a very small (<10%) performance benefit when using fpcmd. > > Either should be OK, but fpcmd is not "officially" supported, unless they've > changed policy recently. > > I chose to stay with f-prot for now because of the ease of updating the .exe > using my existing scripts. > > Jerry > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Landry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 8:02 PM > Subject: [Declude.Virus] Which F-Prot scanner to call? > > > > I followed a thread on the IMail list today where a Declude AV user > upgraded > > to F-Prot 3.12a and apparently the F-Prot.exe file disappeared. So he > > updated his virus.config file to use the FPcmd.exe file instead, and he > says > > it's working fine. > > > > I was wondering if anyone knows what the difference is between the two > files > > and which one would be the preferred one to use with Declude? > > > > Bill > > --- > > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > (http://www.declude.com)] > > > > This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus mailing list. To > > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > > type "unsubscribe Declude.Virus". You can E-mail > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. You can visit our web > > site at http://www.declude.com . > > > > > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > (http://www.declude.com)] > > This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus mailing list. To > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > type "unsubscribe Declude.Virus". You can E-mail > [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. You can visit our web > site at http://www.declude.com . > > --- > [This e-mail was scanned for viruses by Pointshare's Virus Scanning Service] > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] > > This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus mailing list. To > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > type "unsubscribe Declude.Virus". You can E-mail > [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. You can visit our web > site at http://www.declude.com . --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.Virus". You can E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. You can visit our web site at http://www.declude.com .
