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ClamWall updating

It depends what you want ClamAV to scan for. The main ClamAV signatures (ClamWall does not have a database) cover malware and phishing mails pretty well. The 3rd party signatures (ClamSup supports 14 different 3rd party signature sets for ClamAV at the moment if I didn't miscount) cover a lot more types of unwanted mail like spam and are also very efficient.

Best regards,

Nico

<P>It depends what you want ClamAV to scan for. The main ClamAV signatures (ClamWall does not have a database) cover malware and phishing mails pretty well. The 3rd party signatures (ClamSup supports 14 different 3rd party signature sets for ClamAV at the moment if I didn't miscount) cover a lot more types of unwanted mail like spam and are also very efficient.</P><P>Best regards,</P><P>Nico</P>

Does ClamWall on Mercury/32 automatically update the virus definitions "out of the box" or do I need to setup some sort of update procedure and download location?

Does ClamWall on Mercury/32 automatically update the virus definitions "out of the box" or do I need to setup some sort of update procedure and download location?

Does ClamWall on Mercury/32 automatically update the virus definitions

"out of the box" or do I need to setup some sort of update procedure

and download location?

Yes, no and maybe.  It does have the ability to run "Freshclam" to go get the updates but you have to tell it exactly where to find the program and when to run it.  The freshclam.conf must be setup to actually get the corrections and tell the running ClamD to reload the files.   The version of ClamAV from http://hideout.ath.cx/clamav makes this quite easy to do since Lukas and Nico work together to ensure their programs are compatible.
<blockquote>Does ClamWall on Mercury/32 automatically update the virus definitions "out of the box" or do I need to setup some sort of update procedure and download location?</blockquote>Yes, no and maybe.  It does have the ability to run "Freshclam" to go get the updates but you have to tell it exactly where to find the program and when to run it.  The freshclam.conf must be setup to actually get the corrections and tell the running ClamD to reload the files.   The version of ClamAV from <a href="http://hideout.ath.cx/clamav" title="http://hideout.ath.cx/clamav" mce_href="http://hideout.ath.cx/clamav">http://hideout.ath.cx/clamav</a> makes this quite easy to do since Lukas and Nico work together to ensure their programs are compatible.

freshclam.exe is the update mechanism, just run it.

Options are settable in freshclam.conf.

I start clamd & run freshclam by script &scheduled task rather than by Clamwall.

It has been a very long time since I had to fiddle with it  so can't recall the Clamwall auto update details, but it was in the documentation... [:)]

<p>freshclam.exe is the update mechanism, just run it.</p><p>Options are settable in freshclam.conf.</p><p>I start clamd & run freshclam by script &scheduled task rather than by Clamwall.</p><p>It has been a very long time since I had to fiddle with it  so can't recall the Clamwall auto update details, but it was in the documentation... [:)] </p>

Thanks.  Sometimes I get nervous when things are actually easy!  Is ClamWall's database pretty comprehensive or should I also be using ClamSup to download 3rd party signatures as well?

<p>Thanks.  Sometimes I get nervous when things are actually easy!  Is ClamWall's database pretty comprehensive or should I also be using ClamSup to download 3rd party signatures as well? </p>
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