Loren K Louthan wrote: > If you do not upgrade your virus scanner (regardless of > make/model/color) in 6 months, it IS NOT working! Sophos actually has > the right idea here, IMHO, by *forcing* the admin to keep it up to date.
Just to clarify this. Sophos has a commercial "core" (libsavi.so + .vdb files) plus the "last minute" virus signatures - the .ide files. The latter ones are free. So at first sight it might look as if it _were_ possible to keep it fully functional and up-to-date without paying - just fetching the .ide's as they appear. OK, so I made an experiment and... it turned out there was a time bomb in Sophos commercial "core" files. It goes off after ~1/2 year past the last update of libsavi.so and .vdb's. > I believe it is 3 months, BTW. We pay every three years, and it's > (again, IMHO) worth every penny. Our offices have been virus free for 4+ > years now - between MD/SA/Sophos, and Sophos on the Desktops/File Servers. FYI, we also do pay for our Sophos license. ;-) As I wrote above I just made an experiment how old libsavi.so and .vdb behave. -- Andrzej P.S. Clamav responds more promptly to new viruses than Sophos. AM _______________________________________________ Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.canit.ca MIMEDefang mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang
