On Sep 28, 2013, at 8:04 AM, G.W. Haywood <cla...@jubileegroup.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Sep 2013, Boszormenyi Zoltan wrote: > >> The machine in question is an older thingy with 256MB memory >> running an embedded Linux version and a special full screen application >> over TinyX and FBDEV. >> Is is possible to make ClamAV use less memory perhaps by repetitive >> scanning with a smaller subset of the virus signature file at a time? > > Why is your client even using ClamAV on this system? > > The vast majority of threats against which ClamAV can protect are > threats only to Windows machines. Linux, embedded or otherwise, can > not be affected by them. If there are other machines within, say, a > LAN, of which this miniscule system is a part, then would it not seem > strange to be using it to provide anti-virus services to other (and > presumably more powerful) machines? I agree with your statement in principle (in that you say “vast majority”) but we do publish protection in ClamAV for all platforms. Not just Windows. -- Joel Esler Senior Research Engineer, VRT OpenSource Community Manager Sourcefire _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
