(Reply from Randy Klumph)

The University uses Sophos on all its systems. Would there be any
conflict with Listserv, removing F-Secure and running Sophos instead?

Regards,
Randy Klumph
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  - Eric Thomas wrote:
>F-Secure is generally slowish because each file is scanned three times
>by three independently developed engines. This being said, it is
>exceptionally slow when scanning ZIP or JAR files, or files that it
>believes could be ZIP files. There is no need, and frankly no reason,
>to scan every file type. I set it up to scan only predefined file
>types, and if needed I exclude certain directories where I know there
>will be a bunch of ZIP or JAR files.
>
>I have not noticed a big difference in performance between 7.0 and
>8.0. The party line is that 8.0 is faster, and it might be, I did not
>see a big difference either way. I found 7.0 to be substantially
>faster than 5.5, but I migrated a long time ago.
>
>There is big drop in F-Secure performance on Windows x64, especially
>for ZIP files. Overall, I have no operational problem with F-Secure
>performance on 32-bit Windows, not with any hardware made on the last
>3 years. But on 64-bit Windows it can be a hassle and I really hope
>they do something about it.
>
>If it comes to that, LISTSERV only needs F-Secure to scan the
>x:\LISTSERV\TMP directory for filetype .EXE. But I would recommend
>enabling normal AV scan to protect your system. F-Secure is not
>perfect but it is one of the better products in the market where
>detection rates are concerned.
>
>   Eric