Because the other 50,000 are mostly viruses from years ago which are dead and gone and very unlikeyl to infect anyones machine.
-----Original Message----- From: Russ Phillips [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 May 2004 05:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Clamav-users] Numbers of viruses Hi, I have a query. Most commercial AV software claims to catch something like 70,000+ viruses. On the other hand, ClamAV claims to catch 20,000+ viruses. Why the difference? Is it because McAfee, Sophos et al consider each and every variant to be a different virus, and ClamAV doesn't? Or does ClamAV not detect some older viruses? Or something else? I ask because I'm planning to deploy ClamAV at work, and I want to be able to give my boss an honest answer when he asks (as he's bound to) why ClamAV doesn't catch as many viruses as McAfee. Russ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click _______________________________________________ Clamav-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clamav-users ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click _______________________________________________ Clamav-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clamav-users
