[clamav-users] Freshclam and safebrowsing

[Shawn Webb]

On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 8:53 AM, Alex <mysqlstudent at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm running clamav-0.98.1 on fedora20 and was just wondering about
> safebrowsing.cvd. I notice when freshclam runs, it always downloads an
> entirely new version when there are any changes, instead of just the
> differences, as it does with daily.cvd, for example. Is this normal?
>

Hey Alex,

The safebrowsing CVD gets updated way too much for cdiffs to really be
useful. Our safebrowsing database comes from Google's safebrowsing
database, which gets updated very frequently.

Thanks,

Shawn