Sophos updates

[hermit921]

At 01:27 PM 12/2/2003, Jason Balicki wrote:
> >Does the automatic Sophos updating process installed with MailScanner
> >include engine updates or just new virus signatures?
>
>MailScanner only updates the ide files.  You can use a script
>called MajorSophos to download the engine, then run the
>Sophos.install script included with MS.  I run it all from
>cron on a monthly basis.
>
> >The mail logs show new Sophos ide files every hour on most
> >days.  Are virus
> >signatures updated that often or is this an artifact of the
> >update script?
>
>In my experience, Sophos updates frequently, but to answer the
>question I think you're asking:  no, it's probably not Sophos
>updating every hour.  The autoupdate script does check every
>hour, and AFAIK, it reports a sucessful update wether you needed
>the update or not -- that's what you're seeing in your logs.
>
>You can find MajorSophos here:
>http://www.tippingmar.com/majorsophos/
>
>--J(K)


I see a new file (373_ides.zip) in /usr/local/Sophos/ide each time I check,
not just the log entry.  If the updates are really new files, that implies
MailScanner is downloading new files every hour whether virus data is new
or not.

hermit921