Sophos and PDFs again -- and speed

[Ryan Pitt]

Julian Field wrote:

> Another 3.80 issue. What is the startup speed like of the sweep
> command? I
> tried it on my own system and it took about 8 seconds thinking time
> before
> it started scanning a single file!!!
> If you are seeing this too, please complain loudly to Sophos.

I would love to run these speed tests for myself and for the group,
although I dont know how.
Would someone be so kind as to instruct me?
Thanks
Ryan

> At 14:14 07/04/2004, you wrote:
>
>> I am seeing this too.
>> Is there any way around this?  We have a number of users who send pdfs
>> often.
>> Thanks
>> Ryan
>>
>> Mark Nienberg wrote:
>>
>>> In version 3.80 Sophos changed the way they scan PDF files (again) and
>>> now I'm
>>> seeing some files that used to scan cleanly are reported as corrupt.  I
>>> reported to
>>> Sophos and sent them a sample. If your mail includes a lot of PDFs you
>>> may want to
>>> keep an eye on it after upgrading.
>>>
>>> Mark
>>


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