Performance and accuracy issues

[Julian Field]

At 16:08 13/02/2004, you wrote:
>At 16:04 13/02/2004, you wrote:
>>Michael Dahlberg wrote:
>>>I've noticed that when running the SAVI engine (Virus Scanner =
>>>sophossavi), rather than `sweep` (Virus Scanner = sophos) it
>>>takes about 3x as long with the SAVI engine (approx. 3 min to scan 100
>>>messages using SAVI versus 1 min with sweep).  Also when I use the
>>>SAVI engine, more MyDoom-infected email messages are found and
>>>removed.

Check your /usr/local/Sophos/lib directory to ensure that the links are
pointing to the right (latest) versions of the library in there. Sounds
like sweep is using a different version to SAVI.
When you built Perl-SAVI did you remember to make the mods to Makefile.PL?
Is your Sophos installation done with my Sophos.install script?
--
Julian Field
www.MailScanner.info
MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support

PGP footprint: EE81 D763 3DB0 0BFD E1DC 7222 11F6 5947 1415 B654