On Wednesday, March 5th, 2025 at 1:20 AM, Matus UHLAR - fantomas via clamav-users <clamav-users@lists.clamav.net> wrote:
> > On Tue, 4 Mar 2025, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming via clamav-users wrote: > > > > > ClamAV consumes so much memory that my Postfix service gets killed > > > by OOM Killer from time to time. > > > On 04.03.25 15:52, Andrew C Aitchison via clamav-users wrote: > > > Yes, ClamAV needs 1-2GB RAM to store the database of malware to search for > > > this applies to "clamd" and every "clamscan" instance. > OP mentioned using clamscan. > > BTW it's usually about 1.5GB with standard databases. > > > and double that when it loads an updated database (this doubling can be > > avoided but then ClamAV is unavailable while the update is loaded). > > > This applies to "clamd". But even in case of DB reloading it's less than 3 > clamscan instances. > > I've had problems reloading 32-bit clamav when I loaded hude 3rd party DB. > > > The database of malware could be trimmed by looking for fewer viruses etc. > > but I think that would be above your skill level, and it would increase > > the chance of something nasty getting past your defences. > > > > You could try increasing the size of the swap file/partition; > > this could make the machine slower some of the time, but might make > > the OOM Killer less likely to kick in. > > > The solution was already proposed: using clamd and clamsdcan. There is no clamdscan option in Virtualmin. I have already switched from clamscan to clamd. Regards, Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming Targeted Individuals in Singapore GIMP = Government-Induced Medical Problems 5th March 2025 Wednesday > -- > Matus UHLAR - fantomas, uh...@fantomas.sk ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ > Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. > Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu. > He who laughs last thinks slowest. > _______________________________________________ > > Manage your clamav-users mailing list subscription / unsubscribe: > https://lists.clamav.net/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users > > > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: > https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav-documentation > > https://docs.clamav.net/#mailing-lists-and-chat _______________________________________________ Manage your clamav-users mailing list subscription / unsubscribe: https://lists.clamav.net/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav-documentation https://docs.clamav.net/#mailing-lists-and-chat
