Can somebody explain the differences between clamavmodule vs clamd

[Eduardo Casarero]

2009/8/20 Martin Hepworth <maxsec at gmail.com>

> clamd is normally recommended now as clammodule normally (usually) needs
> upgrading everytime clamav puts out a new version and this gives a large lag
> between the two..
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> MailScanner also starts quicker and is smaller with clamd as it doesn't
> need to load all the signatures and code on each child start.
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> Someone did a performance test a while ago (months), I can't remember the
> results but I *think* from experience clamd is faster.
>

and the memory footprint of mailscanner is really small compared to
clamavmodule

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> Martin Hepworth
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> 2009/8/20 Brent Bolin <brent.bolin at gmail.com>
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>> Performance, abilities etc...
>> Thanks
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