Uh...apples and oranges... F-prot is not an anti-phishing product. Evidently Clam has that feature. Since F-Prot does not, it shouldn't be compared to Clam in that category.
Those "hits" need to be qualified as to exactly what they are. Darin. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Murdock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 11:16 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] fprot vs. clam Not meant as a dig against F-Prot - I love the product. I can accept the narrower scope, but if comparing the raw number of hits clam is going to appear to capture a lot more stuff. Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 6:16 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] fprot vs. clam > > >Most of the additional positives are _probably_ phishing attempts. Clam > >is fairly aggressive at detecting phishing attempts, but FProt doesn't > >even try. > > ... because F-Prot is a virus scanner, not anti-spam. > > If that really is why ClamAV appeared to detect more viruses, this would > definitely explain the perceived difference. I am unaware of any true > viruses that get past F-Prot that ClamAV detects. > > -Scott > --- > Declude JunkMail: The advanced anti-spam solution for IMail mailservers > since 2000. > Declude Virus: Ultra reliable virus detection and the leader in mailserver > vulnerability detection. > Find out what you've been missing: Ask for a free 30-day evaluation. > > > ---- > This outgoing message is guaranteed to be authentic by Message Level users. > Guarantee the authenticity of your email @ http://www.messagelevel.com. > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
