Re: [Clamav-users] clamav vs. other virus scanners

2004-01-09 Thread Sancho2k.net Lists
Antony Stone wrote: On Thursday 08 January 2004 12:21 pm, Payal Rathod wrote: Hi all, Recently I noticed that Norton AV clears more than 60,000 viruses, maybe other virus scanners also have similar numbers, why do we have a very less number? 2. Many vendors count minor variations in viruses as

Re: [Clamav-users] clamav vs. other virus scanners

2004-01-08 Thread Antony Stone
On Thursday 08 January 2004 12:21 pm, Payal Rathod wrote: > Hi all, > Recently I noticed that Norton AV clears more than 60,000 viruses, > maybe other virus scanners also have similar numbers, why do we have a > very less number? Two main reasons: 1. ClamAV has a high proportion of recent viruse

[Clamav-users] clamav vs. other virus scanners

2004-01-08 Thread Payal Rathod
Hi all, Recently I noticed that Norton AV clears more than 60,000 viruses, maybe other virus scanners also have similar numbers, why do we have a very less number? Is it because we do not have big database or we protect against new viruses only and keep new definition updated? I personally had no p