On Thu, May 20, 2004 at 07:44:58AM -0400, Chuck wrote: > i have also seen definition files cause severe slowdowns in a/v scanners, and > soon as they were replaced, the problem went away.
Indeed - this is a serious issue for some AVs. Some AVs never clean up after themselves. So over time you end up with dozens if not hundreds of pattern files, which *ALL* get read every time the AV scanner starts - hense making them extremely slow. So two things can be done: 1. complain to the AV vendor. Please. 2. delete old patterns. I can't tell you how to know if one is old - that's dependent on the product of course. I do know that Sophos spits out a warning for every pattern file that has now been incorporated into the latest engine release - so they do the job correctly. -- Cheers Jason Haar Information Security Manager, Trimble Navigation Ltd. Phone: +64 3 9635 377 Fax: +64 3 9635 417 PGP Fingerprint: 7A2E 0407 C9A6 CAF6 2B9F 8422 C063 5EBB FE1D 66D1 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click _______________________________________________ Qmail-scanner-general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qmail-scanner-general
