Clamav load

[Julian Field]

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In the next beta, it will be the default. I just haven't released the 
new code yet.
Your other option is the "clamavmodule" scanner, for which you need the 
Mail::ClamAV Perl module together with its dependencies. The easiest way 
of installing that is to download and install my ClamAV+SpamAssassin 
package from www.mailscanner.info. Or else you can install Mail::ClamAV 
version 0.20 using CPAN if you know how to use that.

The "clamavmodule" scanner doesn't rely on any daemon to be running, but 
is just about the same speed as clamd.

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
>> > >
>> > >
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>> > >
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