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How often is the virus database updated?

April 26, 2017database updated virus

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How often is the virus database updated?

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The virus database is usually updated many times per week. Check out http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-virusdb.html to see our response times to new threats. The virusdb team tries to keep up with the latest worm in the wild. When a new worm spreads out, often it is less than one hour before we release a database update. You can contribute to make the virusdb updating process more efficient by submitting samples of viruses via our “web interface”:submit.

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• The virus database is usually updated many times per week. Check out http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-virusdb.html to see our response times to new threats. The virusdb team tries to keep up with the latest worm in the wild. When a new worm spreads out, often it is less than one hour before we release a database update. You can contribute to make the virusdb updating process more efficient by submitting samples of viruses via our web interface.