On May 24, 2016, at 5:37 AM, "Arnaud Jacques / SecuriteInfo.com" wrote: >> As for "removing" a 3rd party signature when official ones block it, >> well... overall... it wouldn't really be a good idea. > > Why ? > > Clamav official signatures + all 3rd party signatures needs a lot of system > RAM. Optimizing > our signatures to scan faster and use less RAM should be a priority. Am I > wrong ?
Because the signatures may not be identical and could be looking for two different things so that a variant of the original malware that could be caught by one sig will be overlooked by the other. -Al- _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml
