[clamav-users] Google safebrowsing types and usage questions

[G.W. Haywood]

Hi there,

On Sat, 17 Oct 2020, Iulian Stan via clamav-users wrote:
> "G.W. Haywood via clamav-users" wrote:
> 
>> what's the best place to start?
> 
> Definitions are stored in mysql and only the delta is downloaded
> from google. After the download is successfully and the mysql data
> is up-to-date you can generate the file for clamav.  Basically you
> have two scripts:clamsbsync.py to update the mysql db from
> googleclamsbwrite.py to create the .gdb file ...

Thanks, that's a very clear explanation.  So instead of using freshclam
you just need to install mysql, Python, and some scripts.  Hmmm...

> don't put too much faith in safebrowsing database. I rarely have any
> hit even if there are almost 3 milion of signatures. In contrast i
> have way more many hits with Sanesecurity.

Perhaps this DB would be more important for people who use on-access
scanning and are less fastidious in their browsing habits.

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73,
Ged.