[Mimedefang] ClamAV effectiveness (was Re: MIMEDefang Digest, Vol 132, Issue 3)

2014-09-18 Thread David F. Skoll
On Thu, 18 Sep 2014 17:33:44 +0100 (BST) G.W. Haywood mimedef...@jubileegroup.co.uk wrote: In my opinion ClamAV is more or less useless for anything other than the phishing signatures etc. for which I use it. Seconded. ClamAV has become almost completely useless since the Sourcefire and then

Re: [Mimedefang] ClamAV effectiveness (was Re: MIMEDefang Digest, Vol 132, Issue 3)

2014-09-18 Thread David F. Skoll
On Thu, 18 Sep 2014 14:17:13 -0500 Richard Laager rlaa...@wiktel.com wrote: Is there a virus scanner you'd recommend for use with MIMEDefang on Linux? No, not really. I'd recommend not running Windows which reduces your exposure to viruses by 99%. And rather than any sort of virus scanner,