At 4:10 PM -0600 11/2/09, Noel Jones wrote:
On 11/2/2009 1:42 PM, Avinash wrote:
Hi everyone,

We are using Sanesecurity signatures in clamd for scanning mails. Recently
we are seeing some load issues on clamd server due to sanesecurity
signatures (load is automatically decreasing when the sanesecurity sigs are
removed)

Does anyone face this issue before? Sanesecurity sigs are much needed to
catch spam, is these anyway that i can fix this issue? Please help me.


Likely just one of the signature files is causing problems. Try disabling them one at a time until load comes down to an acceptable level. I'd start with winnow.complex.patterns.ldb.

Just a question. Why disable a file that currently has only 2 rules in it? Wouldn't you want to 1) determine what he has enabled? After all safebrowsing is humongous, 2) what hardware configuration and scan volume he is using and 3) what else is running on the machine?

After all there are a lot of us using all sansecurity files and safebrowsing with no issues which would lead one to believe that there is not a signature file that is causing problems but more probably the interaction of light hardware, higher data volume and other processes running on the server coupled with a large number of signatures.

Lets first look at what Avinash wrote. He said all was well with ClamAV and SaneSecurity signatures until recently.

It would be nice to know what changed. If it is that the volume of email has increased then he needs to look at his entire setup - what else is running on his machine and what it contributes to the load. I doubt its a signature file causing problems per se.

Just my 2 cents,

Tom


Tom
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