Hi-- On Apr 12, 2013, at 10:58 AM, Andreas Schulze wrote: > But back to my main problem. clamscan wastes 3 secon[d]s time loading the > complete engine every time it is called. > Notice the timestamps!
The data available to me suggests that ClamAV has seen ~736 database updates since the beginning of the year, for an average update frequency of ~3.5 hours between updates. ClamAV update process started at Tue Jan 1 01:07:36 2013 daily.cld updated (version: 16263, sigs: 465170, f-level: 63, builder: neo) Database updated (1509597 signatures) from db.us.clamav.net (IP: 150.214.142.197) ...vs... ClamAV update process started at Fri Apr 12 14:11:09 2013 daily.cld updated (version: 16999, sigs: 1092361, f-level: 63, builder: neo) Database updated (2136789 signatures) from db.us.clamav.net (IP: 69.163.100.14) Frankly, trying to update more often than once an hour is just a waste of resources. Regards, -- -Chuck _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
