Re: [Clamav-users] [Windows] How does ClamAV compare with closed-source alternatives?

2010-05-13 Thread Török Edwin
On 05/14/2010 08:19 AM, Jason Haar wrote: > On 05/14/2010 02:52 PM, Dennis Peterson wrote: >> On 5/13/10 7:10 PM, Jason Haar wrote: >>> Why is Sourcefire allowing a third-party to use their brandname (and >>> linking to their site) when it doesn't use ClamAV code itself? It >>> supports other AV ve

Re: [Clamav-users] [Windows] How does ClamAV compare with closed-source alternatives?

2010-05-13 Thread Dennis Peterson
On 5/13/10 10:19 PM, Jason Haar wrote: On 05/14/2010 02:52 PM, Dennis Peterson wrote: On 5/13/10 7:10 PM, Jason Haar wrote: Why is Sourcefire allowing a third-party to use their brandname (and linking to their site) when it doesn't use ClamAV code itself? It supports other AV vendor products, b

Re: [Clamav-users] [Windows] How does ClamAV compare with closed-source alternatives?

2010-05-13 Thread Jason Haar
On 05/14/2010 02:52 PM, Dennis Peterson wrote: > On 5/13/10 7:10 PM, Jason Haar wrote: >> Why is Sourcefire allowing a third-party to use their brandname (and >> linking to their site) when it doesn't use ClamAV code itself? It >> supports other AV vendor products, but not the product it gets its n

Re: [Clamav-users] notification when clamd engine outdated

2010-05-13 Thread Cliff Hayes
I was referencing Linux ... Specifically Fedora 11 -Original Message- From: clamav-users-boun...@lists.clamav.net [mailto:clamav-users-boun...@lists.clamav.net]on Behalf Of Nathan Gibbs Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 3:32 PM To: ClamAV users ML Subject: Re: [Clamav-users] notification when c

Re: [Clamav-users] [Windows] How does ClamAV compare with closed-source alternatives?

2010-05-13 Thread Dennis Peterson
On 5/13/10 7:10 PM, Jason Haar wrote: On 05/13/2010 01:57 AM, Bowie Bailey wrote: No, ClamAV for Windows currently does not use the ClamAV engine (although there is talk of adding it in). It instead uses Immunet's cloud-based antivirus. http://www.immunet.com/protect Huh? That comes as a sh

Re: [Clamav-users] [Windows] How does ClamAV compare with closed-source alternatives?

2010-05-13 Thread Dennis Peterson
On 5/12/10 12:59 PM, Shawn Bakhtiar wrote: ClamWin Free Antivirus is based on ClamAV engine and uses GNU General Public License by the Free Software Foundation, and is free (as in freedom) software. To find out more about GNU GPL, please visit the following link: Philosophy of the GNU Projec

Re: [Clamav-users] [Windows] How does ClamAV compare with closed-source alternatives?

2010-05-13 Thread Jason Haar
On 05/13/2010 01:57 AM, Bowie Bailey wrote: > > No, ClamAV for Windows currently does not use the ClamAV engine > (although there is talk of adding it in). It instead uses Immunet's > cloud-based antivirus. > > http://www.immunet.com/protect > Huh? That comes as a shock to me. I've installed it

Re: [Clamav-users] notification when clamd engine outdated

2010-05-13 Thread Nathan Gibbs
* Scott Mohnkern wrote: > Are you on Windows or linux machines? > > That all depends on where I'm sitting Why? -- Sincerely, Nathan Gibbs Systems Administrator Christ Media http://www.cmpublishers.com ___ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide

Re: [Clamav-users] notification when clamd engine outdated

2010-05-13 Thread Scott Mohnkern
Are you on Windows or linux machines? Scott Mohnkern On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 3:56 PM, Nathan Gibbs wrote: > * Cliff Hayes wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am a system administrator who manages many servers and need a way to > > programatically ping clamd on a server and get a response which I can >

Re: [Clamav-users] notification when clamd engine outdated

2010-05-13 Thread Nathan Gibbs
* Nathan Gibbs wrote: > > Blah Blah Blah > Sorry all, Didn't intend to do that on list. :-) -- Sincerely, Nathan Gibbs Systems Administrator Christ Media http://www.cmpublishers.com signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Help

Re: [Clamav-users] notification when clamd engine outdated

2010-05-13 Thread Nathan Gibbs
* Cliff Hayes wrote: > Hello, > > I am a system administrator who manages many servers and need a way to > programatically ping clamd on a server and get a response which I can > interpret to mean clamd is ok or the engine needs to be updated. > Howdy, I'm the developer of clamd.monitor a moni

Re: [Clamav-users] notification when clamd engine outdated

2010-05-13 Thread Cliff Hayes
Perfect! --on-outdated-execute was exactly what I was looking for! Thanks! -Original Message- From: clamav-users-boun...@lists.clamav.net [mailto:clamav-users-boun...@lists.clamav.net]on Behalf Of Eric Rostetter Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 11:01 AM To: clamav-users@lists.clamav.net Subj

Re: [Clamav-users] notification when clamd engine outdated

2010-05-13 Thread Eric Rostetter
Quoting Cliff Hayes : I am a system administrator who manages many servers and need a way to programatically ping clamd on a server and get a response which I can interpret to mean clamd is ok or the engine needs to be updated.  If you're willing to do the reverse, you can have the servers not

Re: [Clamav-users] notification when clamd engine outdated

2010-05-13 Thread Dennis Peterson
On 5/13/10 7:54 AM, Cliff Hayes wrote: Hello, I am a system administrator who manages many servers and need a way to programatically ping clamd on a server and get a response which I can interpret to mean clamd is ok or the engine needs to be updated. Unfortunately, I often get overwhelmed and d

[Clamav-users] notification when clamd engine outdated

2010-05-13 Thread Cliff Hayes
Hello, I am a system administrator who manages many servers and need a way to programatically ping clamd on a server and get a response which I can interpret to mean clamd is ok or the engine needs to be updated.  Unfortunately, I often get overwhelmed and don't have time to read all the logs on a

Re: [Clamav-users] [Windows] How does ClamAV compare with closed-source alternatives?

2010-05-13 Thread Jerry
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Fred-145 wrote: > > > Török Edwin wrote: >> It does scan files that are copied around on disks, or files that are >> executed from disks. In this version on-demand scanning has not been >> implemented, it will in >> a future version. That doesn't mean it doesn't pr

Re: [Clamav-users] safebrowsing updates CPU hog

2010-05-13 Thread aCaB
Wolfgang Breyha wrote: > In the last week I noticed several times that freshclam needs up to 30 > minutes using a full CPU to update safebrowsing database. > > Most of the time the next update shows > Empty script safebrowsing-20426.cdiff, need to download entire database > > What's wrong with sa