Re: [vps-mail] Clamav and letting virus' through

[Scott Wiersdorf <scottw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 11:09:23AM -0500, John Oligario wrote:
> Hello Scott,
> 
> I have freshclam setup in the cron to run a few times a day, so I know that
> isnt the case.  I typically run that command when I logon via putty too.
> So, it could be that SA is first, I will check that.

Yes, the freshclam should run by default at least twice a day (I
think), but it may not be indicating errors in the cron that it might
otherwise do at the command-prompt, but if you're running that from a
shell as well, we can assume you're up to date.

The second thing to try is resending a virus that got through and see
why it's not getting caught. ClamAV does a fair job, but I don't think
it's perfect. It is definitely not a substitute for a Windows virus
scanner that runs locally on the client, but it can be a good first
line of defense.

Scott
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