* Aaron Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> We're currently using McAffee's uvscan and I'm considering replacing,
> or at least suplementing it, with ClamAv.  Does anyone here have any 
> thoughts about which would provide the best response?  I've found, 
> disturbingly, that emails containing viruses may be passed via uvscan 
> only to be caught on our Exchange server by McAffee's exchange-based 
> product.

uvscan is not very up-to-date and is linked against libraries from days
gone past, thus causing problems on modern systems (which don't have
these old libraries).

Also, it doesn't perform well

> What virus scanner's work best with Amavisd?

The ones described in amavisd.conf

> I'll have to convince a few people if I intend to replace a proprietary
> product with a free one.  Any ammo I can use would be appreciated; and
> if you think I'm going down the wrong road here, I'd like to know that
> as well.

Why not run the two side-by-side and then show that clamd kicks
uvscan's ass?

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