On 03/07/2012 12:25 PM, Steve Kirkby wrote:
I accept that clam is a good anti-malware software, and that those who
understand all this technicality are very knowledgable and intelligent, but it
is so many light-years away for the average consumer that it is unsuitable for
any other user than a technical guru. Commercial software, such as Microsoft
Word, Photoshop, and also various anti-malware software, install at the touch
of a key without any complexity. Compare that to the download for Clam: 55
folders and files, only one of which looked like an installation, and that had
Terminal instructions.
That is why there is a default installation for most platforms and
vendors do updates as they can. Unfortunately that means that there is
always a lag in updating and it does not usually mean much. The warnings
about out-of-date do not mean much as long as they are for minor updates
of the application itself, e.g. 0.97.2 -> 0.97.3. If your signatures are
more than a day over due for updating that is another matter.
Sorry folks, but I have removed as much of Clam as I can and, regretfully but
thankfully, will not approach it ever again.
But thanks for the reply.
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Sorry you feel that way, but with these sentiments, you are probably
better off with one of the other free AV solutions.
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Jim Preston
jimli...@commspeed.net
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