[Clamwin-users] Re: "resident protection" for ClamWin?

[Matthew P. <mp...@he...>]

On Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 01:45:58PM +1100, Alch wrote:
> > Just downloaded ClamWin 0.36, and I'm happily impressed,=20
> > which is rare for a windows program.  One thing I'm going to=20
> > have trouble overcoming, though, in introducing this to my=20
> > organisation, is the lack of a "resident protection" feature=20
> > (Vet's terminology).  Basically, any time a file is opened,=20
> > the AV system scans it and reports if there's a problem with it.=20
> > Unfortunately clamav seems a little slow on startup, but I=20
> > presume that a resident scanner would have very little=20
> > startup time and just hang around in memory.
>=20
> 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 :)

Sorry, got my version numbers wrong.  It's 0.37 I've got.

> Resident scanner foer XP/2000/2003 is being worked on and will hopefully
> be released early next year.

Dee de dee.  <fx: Matt doing his happy dance>  So should I just drop my
donation on the project page then?

> > Other things that I'd like to see (mostly also in the feature tracker
> > already):
> >=20
> > * An MSI installer.  I *need* automated installation.
>=20
> 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.

Well, there's a free MSI creator that comes highly recommended:
http://www.advancedinstaller.com/.  Once I'm done with a few other things, I
might get a chance to have a look at it.  Of course, if anyone else out
there wants to give it a go first... <g>

> > * A "low-priority" scan mode, where the scanner doesn't take=20
> > more than a few percent of CPU and HDD I/O.  Might have to=20
> > hack that into ClamAV proper, and it's not a real high=20
> > priority, but it'd be nice to have if it's simple to=20
> > implement.  I guess a naive implementation just could be to=20
> > sleep for 2 seconds after scanning each file or something...
>=20
> 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.

That'll teach me to not go rooting through the tabs deep enough before
opening my mouth on a mailing list.  Problem solved.

- Matt