Yes, that is what I notice. However the internal files generated by clam doesn't have that many lines. So I am missing something here. Thanks.
On 5/10/06, Rick Macdougall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Sumandra Majee wrote: > Hello, > > I am new to clamav but liked it much after going thru the code. Have couple > of questions, > > 1) I believe I read somewhere that clamav has around 30,000 sigs in it's > current database. > However when I looked into generated files from main.dbmain.[ndb|hdb|fp] > there were about > 8K in main.ndb and 8k in hdb file. > > So what am I missing here? > > 2) Is there a need for more or full regular expression? > Is it safe to assume that all virus signatures always starts with some > fixed literals no matter what? > I guess the need for {} , (x|y) came because of polymorphic viruses. Is > that all or is there a need for > grouping like [abc]+ (repetitive pattern) Output from freshclam main.cvd is up to date (version: 38, sigs: 51206, f-level: 7, builder: tkojm) daily.cvd is up to date (version: 1455, sigs: 3600, f-level: 8, builder: ccordes) So 54806 current signatures (if my end of day math is correct) Regards, Rick _______________________________________________ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-devel.html
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