Re: ClamAV and SWAP

Benny Pedersen via clamav-users <[email protected]> Thu, 11 Dec 2025 17:35:46 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.virus.clamav.user
Organization junc.eu
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Jonathan Lee via clamav-users skrev den 2025-12-11 16:15:
> Hello fellow ClamAV users, does ClamAV include any mechanisms or
> optimizations to manage or minimize swap usage? For example, when
> using ClamAV together with Squid, could signature updates or scanning
> tasks cause the system to spill into swap space?

you can stop clamd while freshclam do update

and disable double buffering if clamd do reload

see clamconf options, ask more if more help is needed
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