On Wed, 2009-01-21 at 13:19 -0500, Nigel Horne wrote: > Folks, > > We've started to analyse the information that is coming in from users > that have enabled the SubmitDetectionStats of freshclam.conf. > > The heuristic anti-phish code accounts for about 50% of all malware > being caught in the wild. > > The most popular virus is the GZC Trojan. > > Please keep the statistics coming. If you've not enabled it yet, please > do so by setting SubmitDetectionStats to Yes in freshclam.conf. > Can I ask how often the stats are collected, and how are they 'sent' to ClamAV (e.g. specific port/protocol or just a basic email message)? There seems to be little info about the stats at all except for the comments in the freshclam.conf file. My concern would be the extra load put on our systems in gathering the stats (I guess it's a question of trying it and see).
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