Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone could give their review of how long it takes to have a new virus added to the database? Is there something that can be done to speed up the process? I notice on the virusdb updates list most submissions are duplicates. Do the sigmakers just waste their time sifting through tons of duplicate submissions? How about a tracking system when you submit a file?
I've used the web submit option a number of times and checked back to see that a virus was added but without any results. I encounter a large number of viruses each month as I run a large mail system. Whenever a new threat begins I typically start seeing it at the mailserver first. I've found that Norton has taken a number of my submissions and generally released updates within hours of the new virus being submitted. I respect the fact that clamav is free and everyone has a day job but more than a week after the bbb email virus came out it still hasn't been added and my mailserver has recorded more than 100,000 instances (so it's not some rare email virus). This is not the first time this has happened. For example the dhl virus I submitted over a month ago was never added. I finally added a script to load some non-official virus sigs which catches a few more but the official database updates seem to be going a little slow. -Michael _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
