> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Chuck Swiger > Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 10:42 AM > To: ClamAV users ML > Subject: Re: [Clamav-users] speeding up clamav > > Mohsen Pahlevanzadeh wrote: > > Dear all, > > How can i speed up clamav scanning? > > The most straightforward method would be to buy faster hardware. > > A more complex approach would be to have a better > understanding of your email > traffic and only send stuff to ClamAV after you've done your > best to refuse > spammy/viral messages using less costly mechanisms such as > greylisting, RBLs, > or things like Amavisd-new & similar (bogofilter, > policy-weightd, etc) before > feeding the email to more expensive filters such as virus > scanning or > SpamAssassin. > > Note that you're getting a somewhat generic answer, but then > you didn't > provide any sort of context such as which MTA you are using, > what your traffic > volume per hour/day tends to be, etc. > [...]
Might be a fairly generic question. Clamav is very slow when compared to most competion, for instance f-prot. Scanning a 15mg file same machine, same file, and pretty much the same load, simple .exe, basic options: Three tests each, worse times for f-prot and avgscan, BEST times for clamscan and clamdscan: F-prot real 0m2.534s user 0m1.460s sys 0m0.330s Clamscan real 0m22.302s user 0m18.970s sys 0m0.570s Clamdscan real 0m4.690s user 0m2.290s sys 0m0.260s Avgscan real 0m4.690s user 0m2.290s sys 0m0.260s Now granted, not likely to scan 15mg email attachments but I also scan ftp and http downloads and cannot use clam for either because if someone downloads a 50mg file it takes forever, f-prot is still measured in seconds. Rick -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
