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CLAM anti virus



On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 09:47:39AM -0400, Jerry Natowitz wrote:
> At some point in the past I decided to start running clam av on my 
> personal computers.  Aside from taking about 10 seconds to startup, and 
> occasionally telling me that a new version is available, I haven't been 
> aware of it.
> 
> Is it just a feel-good daemon or is it a first line defense against 
> Trojans, malware, viruses, and what-not that I've simply been lucky not 
> to have encountered?

I use Clam AV to scan incoming mail, and it certainly finds a
lot of crap.

-dsr-


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