[Mimedefang] Anti-virus software

[Mark]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mimedefang-bounces at lists.roaringpenguin.com
> [mailto:mimedefang-bounces at lists.roaringpenguin.com] On
> Behalf Of Dave O'Neill
> Sent: woensdag 2 maart 2005 17:19
> To: mimedefang at lists.roaringpenguin.com
> Subject: Re: [Mimedefang] Anti-virus software
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 07:07:04AM +0000, Rob MacGregor wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 21:25:06 GMT, Mark
> > <admin at asarian-host.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > ClamAV, which I am now testing, works as advertised. But I read
> > > you get a "ClamAV installation is OUTDATED" message whenever
> > > the update program decides you need a newer version.
> >
> > Probably because they've still not hit a 1.0 release yet
> > and it's very heavily in development. It'll still work if you
> > don't upgrade, you just don't get the new signatures.
>
> The reason Clam spits out such a vehement warning is because
> some of the more recent releases incorporate code changes
> necessary to detect certain viruses and worms. Without those changes,
> things can slip through even if you're religiously updating your
> signatures on a regular basis.

I understand that, of course. My only concern is that, if I am away for a
few weeks, my old AVP kept running, and that the ClamAV updater will
refuse to update files for those weeks, just because I was not near the
console to upgrade. I'd rather it just updated the database anyway, with a
warning if need be, but not refuse service, and then wait for me to come
home. But maybe it already does that, and I misunderstood the process. :)

- Mark