[clamav-users] Question about Virus DB

[Matus UHLAR - fantomas]

On 27.11.16 10:57, crazy thinker wrote:
>I have a doubt regarding virus db files. why ClamAV team providing common
>database for paltforms like windows  linux and mac os x. why not they
>provide virus database files based on platform specific. is there any
>specific reason behind this? i am very curious  about  know it.

since ClamAV is multi-platform, it would need multiple virus databases to be
platform-dependent. It would also require to check every single virus
signature which platform are they threat for.

there's no sense in doing eny of those.


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