Upgrade to clamav 0.90.2 makes scanning extremely slow

Martin.Hepworth martinh at solidstatelogic.com
Thu Apr 19 14:30:04 IST 2007



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> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info [mailto:mailscanner-
> bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Jeff A. Earickson
> Sent: 19 April 2007 13:26
> To: MailScanner discussion
> Subject: RE: Upgrade to clamav 0.90.2 makes scanning extremely slow
>
> On Thu, 19 Apr 2007, Dörfler Andreas wrote:
>
> > Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:35:12 +0200
> > From: Dörfler Andreas <Andreas.Doerfler at kempten.de>
> > Reply-To: MailScanner discussion
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> > To: MailScanner discussion <mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info>
> > Subject: RE: Upgrade to clamav 0.90.2 makes scanning extremely slow
> >
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I see the same thing on 3 servers. I might revert back to 0.90.1...
or
> >> hope that a fix is released soon. I'm using Dag Wieers repository
for
> >> clamav.
> >>
> >>       Jens
> >
> >
> > hi,
> >
> > dont know if this is an good idea
> >
> >> **Important note**: on April 16th CHM, CAB and PDF handlers will be
> >> disabled for 0.90 and 0.90.1 users through the dynamic engine
> >> configuration module (DCONF). Please upgrade to 0.90.2 immediately.
> >
> >
> > quick check on my system shows me no problems but i run a self
compiled
> version
>
> I've been running 0.90.2 since last Friday on Solaris 10, with no
change
> in performance over 0.90.1.  Self compiled version...
>
> Jeff Earickson
> Colby College


Same here - self compiled on FreeBSD 4.10.

I wonder if the now default pthreads is making some difference. I had to
disable this to get it to compile....

--
Martin Hepworth
Snr Systems Administrator
Solid State Logic
Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300




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