On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 16:53, Freddie Cash wrote: > You're missing the main point of ClamAV: it's a server-based virus > scanner for e-mail. > > It's not a workstation AV solution. Just because some people try to > shoe-horn it into a workstation AV solution does not mean that it is > designed for that purpose. Look at the virus database for ClamAV: > there's only ~22,000 viruses listed, 95% of which are all spread > through e-mail. Compare that to a commercial, workstation AV solution > that has over ~80,000 different viruses, from true file-borne viruses, > to boot-sector viruses, to polymorphic Win32 viruses.
To keep your numbers in perspective, there are only ~1500 viruses listed in the entire WildList. And I don't believe that 95% figure either. -trog
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