MS 4.55.9 not detecting Mail::ClamAV

René Berber r.berber at computer.org
Sat Oct 28 00:53:26 IST 2006


TCIS List Acct wrote:
> 
> Martin Hepworth wrote:
> 
>> Hi
>>
>> just run the normal clamav scanner from MAilScanner.conf - there's
>> little if any difference in performance.
>>
> 
> I thought the point of the Perl ClamAV module was increased performance?

I think Martin is wrong and the MS documentation does recommend using the perl
module for performance reasons.

> When I run the normal clamav scanner, the clamscan processes chew up too
> much CPU and take too long to scan the mail as compared to f-prot on the
> same box.

If performance is the objective you could modify the clamav wrapper to use
clamdscan (and start using clamd).
-- 
René Berber



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