Julio Canto said: > > Well, the reason why I have that cheking rate is because I've ClamAV > integrated in a multi-engine antivirus service called VirusTotal > (www.virustotal.com), and to keep av signatures fully updated is one of > the most important things to keep in mind. This is mostly because we > pretend to offer the 'best' of that engines, and because from time to > time we publish information of when was detected new viruses so people > can compare reaction times of different AV vendors (12 are participating > now). > I have to say that I have been positivelly surprised more than once when > I've dome that tests, as clam were usually one of the first ones to > detect new viruses (in the field of the ones who doesn't have heuristic > features). > Of course I'm open to any suggestion of how to keep that signatures > fully updated using as less resources as neccesary, and trying to > understand this AV as good as I can is the reason why I joined and > follow this list. > Greetings > Julio Canto
This has a simple solution that doesn't ruin things for all: The ClamAV vendor can offer a push of the AV patterns to paying customers with special needs. That way you will receive the updates as quickly as do the mirrors and the vendor recovers some of the cost of maintaining ClamAV. In fact, those who run mirrors could even offer this as a fee-based service which has the potential of interesting even more people in becoming mirror sites. Nothing like a little old fashion free market force for spinning up the wheels of industry. dp ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 _______________________________________________ Clamav-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clamav-users
