Running Multiple Virus Scanners

[Rob Freeman]

> Lads,
>
> I've noticed in some of the threads here that some are running multiple
> virus scanners;  For the newbie, is there a particularly good reason for
> this?
>
> I have f-prot running at the moment now on a Cobalt RAQ4;  Would I benefit
> from adding clam (or any other for that matter)?  Obviously there is a
> processing penalty for adding subsequent virus scanners but is there an up
> side??
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ron
>
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> Ron Hahn, Senior Analyst
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>

We use multiple here.  The reason is that if one of the AV does not come out
with an update sig on time, the other might.  I noticed last week that
f-prot took a while to get an updated sig for the Bagel virus that came out
while ClamAV updated it faster.  Better to be safe then sorry.

Rob