On 2016-06-22 13:44, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2016-06-22 07:40, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
clamd is a heavy user of ram, too. Number five in "top" display:
I use my own threaded clamd, it only uses about 400Mb including the sanesecurity signatures.
LOL. Do you realize that 400Mb is a lot? :-))
Well, in this context not really. There's plenty of memory on the machine.
I know, I know. It's a kind of joke. How much did the initial PC had, was it 512K or 512M? Sorry, I have a headache, filling tax forms. Can't remember. (Googling). Ok, less than one megabyte. 400MB is a lot :-))) Seriously, I think that clamd should free that ram when iddling or waiting, and request it when really needed.
If it is not swapped out and I understood it incorrectly, it is a waste. I might disable it completely, amavis can detect executables on its own.
clamav does a bit more than that. A attack with an actual executable is quite rare these days.
True... But this is Linux, I don't pick files on Windows the few times I use it. Actually, I have received a few emails with malware that clamav does not detect. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)