[Mimedefang] Any point in using File::Scan as well as clamav?

[Steffen Kaiser]

On Thu, 31 Jul 2003, Peter Campion-Bye wrote:

> Question is, if I have clamav up and running is there any point in using
> File::Scan too? I would assume that clamav will catch anything that
> File::Scan would, given that its definitions are kept up to date, and
> AFAICS File::Scan doesn't get updated. Or have I misunderstiood the point
> of File::Scan entirely?

Hmm, there were some posts claiming that the overhead of using File::Scan
is pretty low, there are no shell-outs, no weired communication protocols
etc. involved.
I'm using File::Scan (first) and a commandline scanner (second) on one of
the boxes and File::Scan finds all the viruses, the commandline scanner
no additional ones.

BTW: I update File::Scan with:
/usr/bin/perl -MCPAN -e 'install File::Scan'

Bye,

-- 
Steffen Kaiser