F-Prot does indeed perform phenomenally for a non-daemonized virus scanner. Even on Linux, when compared to daemonized scanners, F-Prot performs exceptionally very well. However, with that said, I run the ClamAV daemon (clamd) on our Linux servers and it is blazingly fast. If I were running it on a Windows platform, I would try to run it as a service, if at all possible, even if I had to schedule a task to cycle the clamd service daily to keep it running efficiently.
Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Foresman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 8:38 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] fprot vs. clam > I'm really comparing system overhead here. Clam takes a big chunk out of > the processor when it runs while f-prot barely even registers. Send out > a 10K user newsletter and this becomes a problem. > > Darin Cox wrote: > > Uh...apples and oranges... F-prot is not an anti-phishing product. > > Evidently Clam has that feature. Since F-Prot does not, it shouldn't be > > compared to Clam in that category. > > > > Those "hits" need to be qualified as to exactly what they are. > > > > Darin. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jerry Murdock" <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 11:16 PM > > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] fprot vs. clam > > > > > > Not meant as a dig against F-Prot - I love the product. I can accept > the > > narrower scope, but if comparing the raw number of hits clam is going to > > appear to capture a lot more stuff. > > > > Jerry > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "R. Scott Perry" <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 6:16 PM > > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] fprot vs. clam > > > > > > > > Most of the additional positives are _probably_ phishing attempts. > > > > Clam > > > > is fairly aggressive at detecting phishing attempts, but FProt doesn't > > even try. > > > > ... because F-Prot is a virus scanner, not anti-spam. > > > > If that really is why ClamAV appeared to detect more viruses, this would > > definitely explain the perceived difference. I am unaware of any true > > viruses that get past F-Prot that ClamAV detects. > > > > -Scott > > --- > > Declude JunkMail: The advanced anti-spam solution for IMail mailservers > > since 2000. > > Declude Virus: Ultra reliable virus detection and the leader in > > > > mailserver > > > > vulnerability detection. > > Find out what you've been missing: Ask for a free 30-day evaluation. > > > > > > ---- > > This outgoing message is guaranteed to be authentic by Message Level > > > > users. > > > > Guarantee the authenticity of your email @ http://www.messagelevel.com > <http://www.messagelevel.com> . > > --- > > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > > > > ( http://www.declude.com <http://www.declude.com> )] > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > <http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html> > > List Archive: > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/> > > > > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > <http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/> > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > <http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html> > > List Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/> > > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > <http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/> > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > <http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html> > > List Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/> > > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > <http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/> > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
