(newbie) install/configuration question

[Ugo Bellavance]

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : NateDog [mailto:natedog550 at HOTMAIL.COM] 
> Envoyé : 12 avril, 2004 17:15
> À : MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Objet : Re: (newbie) install/configuration question
> 
> 
> Hmm.  When you say 2 is better than one.........do you mean 
> run both virus
> scanners?  That would be cool, like a backup fail safe kinda 
> thing.  If one
> doesn't catch a virus maybe the other will kinda thing?

Exactly.  That's the beauty of MailScanner.  You can run up to 17 of them at the same time :) (usually people run 4 or less.  I only run clamAV and I run Symantec on my Exchange server.  Exchange has seen 0 virus since I installed MailScanner).

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> Nathan Peters
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ugo Bellavance" <ugob at CAMO-ROUTE.COM>
> To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 4:08 PM
> Subject: RE : (newbie) install/configuration question
> 
> 
> > -----Message d'origine-----
> > De : NateDog [mailto:natedog550 at HOTMAIL.COM]
> > Envoyé : 12 avril, 2004 17:04
> > À : MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > Objet : Re: (newbie) install/configuration question
> >
> >
> > Do you think ClamAV is better than f-prot?
> 
> I have no idea.
> 
> But 2 is better than 1, and since ClamAV is free, I don't see 
> any reason why
> one shouldn't run it.
> 
> I don't think there is a clean-cut answer to "what AV is best".
> 
> I've seen that kapersky usually updates faster than any other 
> commercial
> product, but it is quite expensive.
> 
> Also, if definitions are not tested enough, you might get 
> false positives...
> 
> >
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> > Nathan Peters
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Chris Yuzik" <chris at FRACTALWEB.COM>
> > To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
> > Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 3:04 PM
> > Subject: Re: (newbie) install/configuration question
> >
> >
> > > Raymond Dijkxhoorn wrote:
> > >
> > > >Install ClamAV, open source scanner = free.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > I second the vote for ClamAV...you really should have a
> > virus scanner,
> > > and ClamAV is excellent.
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> >
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