F-secure alternative?

[Scott Silva]

on 7-23-2008 5:32 AM Nils Olav Brandstorp Bekken spake the following:
> Since the updates for 4.65 is gone, I'm looking for
> an alternative. Our systems (Debian Etch) and MailScanner
> doesn't seem very happy with the F-Secure 5 version, and I'm not sure if 
> F-Secure 7 is supported yet. (It scans and find infected email, but
> they're delivered anyway)
> 
> I've tried Clamav but I'm not sure about how frequently
> it is updated.
> 
> So if anyone can recommend an antivirus scanner
> that I dont need to install the entire Debian repository
> to get working, I would appreciate it. (I dont like to
> waste cpu and memory on X and friends so I would prefer
> command-line)
> 
> I'm thinking of installing MailScanner from source as
> the Debian package in Etch is a little bit "outdated" ;-)
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Nils.
I see multiple clam updates every day but sunday. Sometimes 8 or 10 in a 24 
hour period. And MailScanner tries to update any "recognized" virus scanner 
every hour.
I have McAfee, BitDefender, and Clam, and Clam catches everything while the 
others sometimes miss things. The Clam sane security signatures catch a lot of 
phishing and bank fraud type of junk. I only run the others just in case clam 
gets a hosed signature by accident and chokes.

-- 
MailScanner is like deodorant...
You hope everybody uses it, and
you notice quickly if they don't!!!!

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