[clamav-users] How to boost clamav? Reloading database results in a talking timeout?

[Thomas Barth]

Am 2019-09-05 11:35, schrieb G.W. Haywood via clamav-users:

>> It seems that the two hour loading is hardcoded in the daemon.
> 
> No.  There are two ways to trigger reloading the databases.
> 
> One is to set the 'SelfCheck' interval.  The other is to send a
> 'RELOAD' command on the port or socket on which the daemon is
> listening.  For example if the daemon is listening on TCP port
> 127.0.0.1:3311 manually I might do this at a shell prompt:
> 
> $ /bin/echo 'RELOAD' | /bin/nc localhost 3311 | /usr/bin/logger -p
> mail.debug 2>&1
> 
> The 'SelfCheck' interval tells the daemon to reload the databases only
> if something has changed:
> 

That's interesting, I was able to find out where it comes from. I could 
change the value in a config, that is not part of clamav itself. Thanks 
for making that clear.