[clamav-users] Question about ClamAV

Reindl Harald h.reindl at thelounge.net
Thu May 11 13:39:55 UTC 2017



Am 11.05.2017 um 15:37 schrieb Arnaud Jacques / SecuriteInfo.com:
> Hello,
> 
>> SaneSecurtiy and SecruiteInfo provides better virus signature database
>> feeds. with help of this,  we can Increase the ClamAV Engine Detection Rate
>> up to 80%-90%. I had  already  integrated ClamAV Enine with unofficial
>> database (excluded official database) in experimental way. ClamAV
>> Performance better than earlier now.
> 
> To be clear : The signature databases provided by SecuriteInfo.com have to be
> used *with* the official ones from Clamav.
> 
> The aim of our signature databases is *not* to replace official ones from
> Clamav

not really clear:

is that a *technical* reason or do you *think* it's recommended for 
whatever reason - as example sanesecurity works just fine without the 
official stuff an dthe difference are hundrets of MB useless wasted RAM 
while i have not seen any relevant hit on our inbound MX caught by the 
official signatures which woul dhave slipped through sanesecurity



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