I use ClamAV to scan computers in the shop I work in and have compared it with Norton (not using the --remove argument) and in most cases it has had a much higher detection rate, but much slower than Norton (about 3x longer).
On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 15:27 -0600, Matt Forbis wrote: > Hello all, > > I am curious as to whether there has been any recent comparison of ClamAV's > virus detection against the wildlist (www.wildlist.org). Granted, the latest > wildlist is from October 2007, but it would be interesting to see the results > as several vendors use their wildlist detection as a marketing tool (or at > least used to). Also, I was wondering if there was any solid method of > actually doing a comparison on my own, as the wildlist provides only virus > names, which do not match the naming convention used by ClamAV. Any thoughts > or ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! > _________________________________________________________________ > Watch “Cause Effect,” a show about real people making a real difference. > http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/MTV/?source=text_watchcause > _______________________________________________ > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net > http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
