On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 11:52 AM, Charles Swiger <cswi...@mac.com> wrote:
> On Jul 23, 2015, at 7:48 AM, Phil Dumont <p...@solidstatescientific.com> > wrote: > [ ... ] > > All I'm saying is that, for the admittedly unusual but definitely simpler > > situation of an entirely stand-alone, completely non-networked machine, > it > > would be nice if there were a solution that was correspondingly simpler. > > One that used the file system only, not networking. > > The use-case for virus/malware scanning on a networked machine is obvious, > as > is the need to be able to update A/V signatures. > > It's not obvious why a machine which is "entirely stand-alone, completely > non-networked" > would require virus scanning or a way to update the A/V signatures. Granted, the requirement is not as great without a network. But there's still potential for virus introduction via removable media. > However, if that's > what you want, ... Not what I want particularly. A requirement imposed upon me. > ...fine-- do a manual copy of the A/V signatures into place > via USB stick, CD/DVD image, etc and then restart clamd to reload them. > Roger. > > Regards, > -- > -Chuck > > _______________________________________________ > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: > https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq > > http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml > _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml
