> >When running multiple scanners is their a way to prevent the other > >configured virus scanners from scanning the message if the > first virus > >scanner finds a virus? > > No, there is not. Given that all non-virus E-mails will be > sent through all scanners, the extra time used is minimal > unless a high percentage of your traffic is viruses. We are > considering an option to let you stop scanning after the > first virus is detected.
Looking at the last 4 months 17% of the processed messages on our server are virus infected. 50% are Spam => without file attachments If we assume that from the resting 33% of legit messages one quarter has a file attachment, we have the following percentages for messages with file attachments and so calling virus scanners: ~ 17% infected messages ~ 8% legit messages If every message triggers two virus engines stopping after the first detection of a virus would significantly reduce virus checks by 34% Running 3 virus engines it would cut down engine calls by over 45% => with the same resources you can run a third scan engine Markus --- [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". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
