From: Alch <al...@us...> - 2004-11-26 02:46:15
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> Just downloaded ClamWin 0.36, and I'm happily impressed, > which is rare for a windows program. One thing I'm going to > have trouble overcoming, though, in introducing this to my > organisation, is the lack of a "resident protection" feature > (Vet's terminology). Basically, any time a file is opened, > the AV system scans it and reports if there's a problem with it. > Unfortunately clamav seems a little slow on startup, but I > presume that a resident scanner would have very little > startup time and just hang around in memory. Please upgrade to 0.37 asap (see clamwin.com home page announcement). Or you may wait a little for 0.37.3 due for relase tonight :) Resident scanner foer XP/2000/2003 is being worked on and will hopefully be released early next year. > I am willing to put my next subscription to Vet into this > (and possibly a bit more on top, just for good measure). > It'll only be a couple of hundred dollars, but if someone was > thinking about adding this feature in, here's your > motivation. <grin> Anyone else care to make a similar > pledge to really get this feature happening? It's common > enough in the feature tracker... Thanks, I was thinking along these lines but couldn't say it aloud :) > Other things that I'd like to see (mostly also in the feature tracker > already): > > * An MSI installer. I *need* automated installation. Msi installer is not on the agenda at the moment - I am relucatant to spend time developing it when other tasks consume all of my time. It would be nice if anyone could take upon this task, or I may consider doing that when time allows. > * A "low-priority" scan mode, where the scanner doesn't take > more than a few percent of CPU and HDD I/O. Might have to > hack that into ClamAV proper, and it's not a real high > priority, but it'd be nice to have if it's simple to > implement. I guess a naive implementation just could be to > sleep for 2 seconds after scanning each file or something... 0.37.3 implements "Task prioority" setting (in the advanced tab) for both manual and scheduled scans. 0.36 had a bug where task priority wasn't observed for scheduled scans. Cheers, Alch |