How is the resource useage with clamav? I'm tempted to install it, but the cpus on that server are already pretty stressed just dealing with spamc (I already offloaded spamd to another box) and everything else it has to do, and am hesitant to add much more...
TIA, On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Richard Beyer wrote: > Thanks for all the help guys. I've installed clamav and set it to quietly > refuse the Novarg virus (rather than trying to bounce all back to > non-existent senders), and it seems to be successfully stomping on the > beasty. > > Thanks again - > Regards, > Richard > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris > Barnes > Sent: Wednesday, 28 January 2004 4:43 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [SAtalk] Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] virus > > Christopher X. Candreva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I suggest simply installing clamav and additionally passing mail > > through it. Clam runs as a daemon and is actually much faster than > > SpamAssassin. > > > > Clamav was catching Novarg here almost immediately (I have a cron job > > that checks for virus updates once an hour). > > Let me 2nd this - on the server I run for my dept, we have had ZERO > messages get through with this virus. Otoh, I spent 2 hours on the > phone with a dozen or so friends explaining to them how to get this off > of their machines (sometimes it isn't fun being the "helpdesk to the > community"). > > -- > > + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + > Chris Barnes AOL IM: CNBarnes > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo IM: chrisnbarnes > Computer Systems Manager ph: 979-845-7801 > Department of Physics fax: 979-845-2590 > Texas A&M University > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 > Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration > See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. > http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn > _______________________________________________ > Spamassassin-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 > Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration > See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. > http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn > _______________________________________________ > Spamassassin-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk > James Smallacombe PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://3.am ========================================================================= ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
