Re: [clamav-users] freshclam checks database every time

2013-06-21 Thread Andreas Schulze
Am 10.04.2013 15:05 schrieb Andreas Schulze: symptom: freshclam needs 3..4 seconds to finish also in the case where *no* updates are available. No comments on this topic anymore... Thats worse because freshclam still steal cputime here :-( To dive into the problem I describe the problem

Re: [clamav-users] freshclam checks database every time

2013-06-21 Thread Shawn Webb
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 7:28 AM, Andreas Schulze andreas.schu...@datev.dewrote: I agree if freshclam load a *new* db in case of a *new* pattern version to verify the data are valid. But if no update was available, thats total unnecessary! Is there any clamav developer who could point me into

Re: [clamav-users] freshclam checks database every time

2013-04-24 Thread Andreas Schulze
Am 12.04.2013 20:27 schrieb Matus UHLAR - fantomas: On 12.04.13 19:58, Andreas Schulze wrote: But back to my main problem. clamscan wastes 3 seconts time loading the complete engine every time it is called. loading virus databage to memory and parsing it is really CPU-intensive process.

Re: [clamav-users] freshclam checks database every time

2013-04-24 Thread Andreas Schulze
Am 12.04.2013 11:19 schrieb Chuck Swiger: The data available to me suggests that ClamAV has seen ~736 database updates since the beginning of the year, for an average update frequency of ~3.5 hours between updates. that fine. I could update not once a minute but every three hours. But in the

Re: [clamav-users] freshclam checks database every time

2013-04-12 Thread Andreas Schulze
Am 11.04.2013 15:50, schrieb Greg Folkert: Is that checking your *OWN* mirror? If not, you are being throttled. sure, I ask my own server of course. But back to my main problem. clamscan wastes 3 seconts time loading the complete engine every time it is called. Notice the timestamps! # echo

Re: [clamav-users] freshclam checks database every time

2013-04-12 Thread Chuck Swiger
Hi-- On Apr 12, 2013, at 10:58 AM, Andreas Schulze wrote: But back to my main problem. clamscan wastes 3 secon[d]s time loading the complete engine every time it is called. Notice the timestamps! The data available to me suggests that ClamAV has seen ~736 database updates since the

Re: [clamav-users] freshclam checks database every time

2013-04-12 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 12.04.13 19:58, Andreas Schulze wrote: But back to my main problem. clamscan wastes 3 seconts time loading the complete engine every time it is called. loading virus databage to memory and parsing it is really CPU-intensive process. That's why we recommend running clamd daemon and using

Re: [clamav-users] freshclam checks database every time

2013-04-11 Thread Andreas Schulze
Am 10.04.2013 17:39, schrieb Al Varnell: I thought the limit was four times an hour. Is that only for mirror servers? cat /etc/cron.d/clamav * * * * * root freshclam :-) ___ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net

Re: [clamav-users] freshclam checks database every time

2013-04-11 Thread Greg Folkert
On Thu, 2013-04-11 at 15:20 +0200, Andreas Schulze wrote: Am 10.04.2013 17:39, schrieb Al Varnell: I thought the limit was four times an hour. Is that only for mirror servers? cat /etc/cron.d/clamav * * * * * root freshclam :-) Is that checking your *OWN* mirror? If not, you are being

[clamav-users] freshclam checks database every time

2013-04-10 Thread Andreas Schulze
Hello, I configured freshclam to not lookup the dns for existance of a new patternversion. Instead freshclam contacts the clamav-server and fire up HTTP Head queries. That way I could let run freshclam once a minute. Because I run a clamav-mirror in my local network, that's not a problem. But

Re: [clamav-users] freshclam checks database every time

2013-04-10 Thread Al Varnell
On 4/10/13 6:05 AM, Andreas Schulze wrote: I configured freshclam to not lookup the dns for existance of a new patternversion. Instead freshclam contacts the clamav-server and fire up HTTP Head queries. That way I could let run freshclam once a minute. I thought the limit was four times an

Re: [Clamav-users] Freshclam checks.

2004-02-17 Thread Carles Xavier Munyoz Baldó
El Lunes, 16 de Febrero de 2004 14:52, Tom Gwilt escribió: Check for a freshclam.conf file and check the settings there. Usually found in an /etc or /usr/local/etc directory. Yes here is the explanation: # How often check for a new database. We suggest checking for it every # two hours. Checks

[Clamav-users] Freshclam checks.

2004-02-16 Thread Carles Xavier Munyoz Bald
Hi, I'm running freshcam in daemon mode and cheking for updates 2 times at day. I have seen in the log file that it is doing the check every 2 hours istead of 2 times at day. I launch the daemon this way: /internet/ClamAV/bin/freshclam -d --checks=2 --quiet -l /internet/ClamAV/log/freshclam.log

Re: [Clamav-users] Freshclam checks.

2004-02-16 Thread Tomasz Papszun
On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 at 13:38:27 +0100, Carles Xavier Munyoz Baldó wrote: Hi, I'm running freshcam in daemon mode and cheking for updates 2 times at day. I have seen in the log file that it is doing the check every 2 hours istead of 2 times at day. I launch the daemon this way:

Re: [Clamav-users] Freshclam checks.

2004-02-16 Thread Tomasz Kojm
On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 13:38:27 +0100 Carles Xavier Munyoz Bald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm running freshcam in daemon mode and cheking for updates 2 times at day. I have seen in the log file that it is doing the check every 2 hours istead of 2 times at day. I launch the daemon this way:

Re: [Clamav-users] Freshclam checks.

2004-02-16 Thread Tom Gwilt
On Mon, 16 Feb 2004, Tomasz Papszun wrote: On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 at 13:38:27 +0100, Carles Xavier Munyoz Baldó wrote: Hi, I'm running freshcam in daemon mode and cheking for updates 2 times at day. I have seen in the log file that it is doing the check every 2 hours istead of 2 times at