Having run multiple scanners under Declude since well before Declude officially supported it, I can say without doubt that it provides benefits.
The biggest advantage is for a day 0 new virus. Vendor A may get the update out before vendor B, or Vendor C's heuristics may naturally catch something A or B let's through. The vendors also seem to take slightly different views of the joke/phishing/adware stuff. Things that aren't _really_ a virus but that I prefer not letting through anyway. Multiple scanners catch a few more of these edge cases. Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Galerneau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 7:44 AM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Is One or two virus scan engine better on a given system? > More nice info to digest Scott, thanks again! > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of R. Scott Perry > Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 4:29 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Is One or two virus scan engine better on a given > system? > > > >But I do have a question about Declude AV, how often does it get updated? > >Can the update be configured daily, weekly, etc, or maybe it get's > >triggered from a message from your system? > > It's not that hard. :) Most of our customers update their virus > definitions every few hours. It's done automatically; there's no need to > anything (you don't even need to stop/restart the SMTP service <G>). > > >Is there a major AV product behind it? > > Yes -- all major AV products can be behind it (with the exception of > Norton/Symantec -- they won't even let you run their software from a batch > file or script). In fact, you can have up to 5 different AV products > behind it if you like (with the Pro version). For example, we have a > number of customers who use McAfee, F-Prot, and ClamAV -- which offers a > lot of diversity with a "big name" product, a lesser-known but proven > product, and the one freeware AV program that can work on Windows. With > several AV programs, you start detecting new viruses more quickly. I've > been showing the link > http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/columns/executive_tech/article.php/3316511 > a lot lately, which shows how long a number of AV companies took to get > virus definitions updated. > > -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 E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > (http://www.declude.com)] > > > 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/ > > > 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/ 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/
