Clamav load

[Charles Lacroix]

This means that next month i shall put away clamsmtp module for postfix !!

Thanks


On Wednesday 06 June 2007 10:02, emm1 wrote:
> Thanks, had to make some adjustments for it to work on FreeBSD. But
> wow, what a difference in performance. Why isnt this used by default?
>
> :)
>
> On 6/6/07, Martin.Hepworth <martinh at solidstatelogic.com> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > In MailScanner.conf edit the virus Scanners line and make sure it's
> > clamd rather than auto or anything..
> >
> > BTW this means of course you're running clamd in the first place!
> >
> > --
> > Martin Hepworth
> > Snr Systems Administrator
> > Solid State Logic
> > Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info [mailto:mailscanner-
> > > bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of emm1
> > > Sent: 06 June 2007 13:46
> > > To: MailScanner discussion
> > > Subject: Re: Clamav load
> > >
> > > Howto turn off clamscan and use clamd instead?
> > >
> > > On 6/6/07, Rick Cooper <rcooper at dwford.com> wrote:
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
> > > > > [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of
> >
> > emm1
> >
> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 7:54 AM
> > > > > To: MailScanner discussion
> > > > > Subject: Clamav load
> > > > >
> > > > > Hello, Im running the newest MailScanner from FreeBSD 6.2 ports,
> > > > > 4.60.8 and clamav 0.90.3 and I am experiencing very slow scan
> >
> > times
> >
> > > > > and high loads.
> > > > >
> > > > >  2240 root        1 107    0 39056K 36684K RUN      0:18
> > > > > 44.21% clamscan
> > > > >  2248 root        1 108    0 38272K 35900K RUN      0:07
> > > > > 31.08% clamscan
> > > > >  2256 root        1 108    0 11852K  9452K RUN      0:03
> > > > > 23.99% clamscan
> > > > >  2262 root        1 108    0 11752K  9352K RUN      0:03
> > > > > 20.87% clamscan
> > > > >   656 clamav      1   4    0 39480K 36996K accept   0:27  0.00%
> >
> > clamd
> >
> > > > > As soon as I turn the virusscan off in MailScanner.conf
> > > > > everything is fine.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any suggestions?
> > > >
> > > > Don't use clamscan. I believe you will find that MailScanner version
> > > > supports the clamdscan version of clamd (which will actually user
> >
> > your
> >
> > > > running clamd) and you should see a marked improvement is
> >
> > performance.
> >
> > > Or
> > >
> > > > use ClamAVModule.
> > > >
> > > > Rick
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > This message has been scanned for viruses and
> > > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
> > > > believed to be clean.
> > > >
> > > >
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