Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on May 27, 2006 02:57 AM
There is a really good explanation for this and I am surprised that the author didn't catch this (maybe he didn't want to?) even though he mentions it directly in his article.
"F-Prot doesn't recognize a<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.txt file as being a possible threat."
He also failed to realize that the AV software doesn't judge wether a file is text or not based on the extension (maybe he's been in the Windows world a little too long?) it makes the judgement based on the byte signature of the file. Note this difference from the article as well...
F-Prot: Objects scanned: 2520
ClamAV: Scanned files: 2625
An extra 105 files on the ClamAV side and I will take all bets that those are text files. I have worked with scanning algorithms for test searches. It take a lot of time to EFFECTIVELY parse a text file looking for patterns. Look through<nobr> <wbr></nobr>/etc and all of it's sub directories once. Try counting all the text files.
The nitwit author should have known this and brought this up in his article. If you don't know what you are doing or how the software works, don't make yourself look like an idiot and comment on it or review it.
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Re:Speed difference
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on May 27, 2006 02:57 AM"F-Prot doesn't recognize a<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.txt file as being a possible threat."
He also failed to realize that the AV software doesn't judge wether a file is text or not based on the extension (maybe he's been in the Windows world a little too long?) it makes the judgement based on the byte signature of the file. Note this difference from the article as well...
F-Prot:
Objects scanned: 2520
ClamAV:
Scanned files: 2625
An extra 105 files on the ClamAV side and I will take all bets that those are text files. I have worked with scanning algorithms for test searches. It take a lot of time to EFFECTIVELY parse a text file looking for patterns. Look through<nobr> <wbr></nobr>/etc and all of it's sub directories once. Try counting all the text files.
The nitwit author should have known this and brought this up in his article. If you don't know what you are doing or how the software works, don't make yourself look like an idiot and comment on it or review it.
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