Erez Epstein wrote the following on 11/26/2006 1:24 AM -0800: > Hello everybody, > > > i have set up clamscan to scan all of the server using cron daily > ( /usr/local/bin/clamscan -r -i --exclude-dir=/sys --no-summary / ) > > > the scan is taking too long conisdered to other virus scanners (about > 6 hours) > why does it taking so much? > and how can i shorten it while still scaning all files every night.
If you're running clamd, why not use clamdscan instead of clamscan, it's much faster? Bill _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
