Al nailed it. -- Sent from my iPhone
> On Nov 27, 2016, at 1:15 AM, Al Varnell <alvarn...@mac.com> wrote: > > That's an easy one. As I understand it's history, ClamAV was originally > designed to scan incoming messages to e-mail servers. Since it's impossible > to know the final destination platform of these message, they have to be > screened for all possible infections. Even though ClamAV has been put to > broader use today, it is still used on many e-mail servers for that same > purpose today. > > Beyond that, many files are shared cross-platform. For instance, a Mac user > needs to know that a file he intends to share with a friend using Windows is > infected with say Ransomeware, and won't blindly send it on to somebody who > trusts that Mac user. > > And it would also take some effort on the part of an already overworked > ClamAV Team to maintain such separate databases. I, for one would rather > they not waste their time with such an effort if it prevents them from > rapidly finding and distributing new, valid signatures. > > I think you will find that most all other A-V software package take a similar > approach with their databases, even if they were designed to run on a single > platform. > > -Al- > >> On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 09:27 PM, crazy thinker wrote: >> >> why ClamAV team providing common >> database for paltforms like windows linux and mac os x. why not they >> provide virus database files based on platform specific. is there any >> specific reason behind this? > _______________________________________________ > clamav-users mailing list > clamav-users@lists.clamav.net > http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users > > > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: > https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq > > http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml _______________________________________________ clamav-users mailing list clamav-users@lists.clamav.net http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml
