Hi!
7-Янв-2005 13:27 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Maul) wrote to ClamAV users ML <clamav-users@lists.clamav.net>:
JM> make it into a users mailbox. ClamAV is not intended to be run after JM> the fact on an already infected machine. JM> I really dont see what the issue is here. You appear to be in a rare JM> situation
Infected machine _isn't_ _rare_ situation.
No an infected machine isnt rare. An infected machine with no internet access is however.
JM> and for this i feel your pain, but what you also seem to be JM> doing is attempting to make a program fit where it was not designed. I
Hm. There was promotions, that ClamAV is comparable to other commercial _antiviruses_, and I, as free software preferer, was plan to use it as my (main) antivirus on my home machine.
And thats the problem. ClamAV wasnt really designed to be an av solution on a home machine. It doesnt disinfect, quaratine, or have a fancy gui like some other commercial av solutions. What it does do is detect viruses. And on average it catches new outbreaks before many other commercial av solutions.
Now you say, that I have no free alternative for commercial antiviruses on home machine... B-\ :( I have no words...
I never said there was no free alternative for you. Im simply suggesting that perhaps clamav is not what you are looking for. This is neither your fault nor the clamav team's. Its simply not the right tool for the job.
JM> BBSes?? I ran one of those when i was 12...
This is only one example, that there is exists ways outside internet.
Of course, but for open source software, how many methods can you really expect? They have to be set up and maintained and this takes time and money. Personally i'd rather have that time and money focused into making the best av solution for the majority of the people.
You can't please everyone all the time.
-Jim
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