> *Thanks for your help.
> :)
>
>
> "Joerg Jooss" wrote:
>
> > Shiva wrote:
> >
> > This is certainly the most straightforward solution. But depending > on the
> > server's load, it might turn out to be disastrous one. First, > creating
> > processes is quite an expensive operation. Second, the virus > scanner must
> > reload its virus signture database *each* time, which can be > horribly
> > expensive.
> >
> > So ideally, you want a virus scanner with a managed API -- which > doesn't
> > exist yet, at least to my knowledge.
> >
> > The next best option is a virus scanner with any API you can use > via
> > P/Invoke or COM Interop. Sophos for example has SAVI, a COM-based > API that
> > you could use to directly invoke the virus scanner's functions > without the
> > overhead of creating new processes, and that would also allow you > to
> > "buffer" virus signature data.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > --
> > Joerg Jooss
> > joerg.jo***@gmx.net
> >
> >
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