Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to alinuxinterfaceforonaccess scanning | From | douglas.leeder@sophos ... | Date | Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:19:23 +0100 |
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Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu> wrote on 2008-08-15 14:55:37:
> On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 02:22:27PM +0100, douglas.leeder@sophos.com wrote: > > > > This is a problem for current anti-malware scanning, as virus data updates > > come every few hours > > Every few hours?!? I hadn't noticed Windows AV programs getting > updates that frequently, at least not the ones that I've been familiar > with. (Semantec, Norton, McAfee)
From one of our Linux machines that configured to update normally: Fri 15 Aug 2008 15:02:23 BST Fri 15 Aug 2008 12:52:19 BST Fri 15 Aug 2008 08:32:24 BST Fri 15 Aug 2008 04:12:27 BST Fri 15 Aug 2008 02:02:23 BST
That was the sort of time period I remember being told - but the AV products probably don't make a song and dance about a small virus data updates so you probably wouldn't notice them.
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