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<blockquote data-quote="Arequire" data-source="post: 782156" data-attributes="member: 59283"><p>I couldn't tell you. I stopped using SAP before Apex was even announced. They may have replaced ClamAV with Apex entirely or you may be able to choose between the two. I'd have to install it to find out. Regardless, if I were you I'd avoid ClamAV like the plague.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Depends on how confident you are in your own judgement. Keep in mind that SAP has no post-execution protection at all, so if you do allow something malicious - that isn't immediately detected by the Universal AV - to run, it's going to have free reign on your system until it's detected by one of the engines in the Universal AV or Apex. Also keep in mind that the engines included in the Universal AV are very much delayed in terms of signatures as compared to their original counterparts.</p><p></p><p>So SAP can be used by itself without a companion AV, but be aware that your decision to allow something to run or not is the sole hurdle against infection. If that thought worries you at all then you'd do well to pair it with a traditional AV that includes strong behavioural blocking, which would remedy SAP's lack of post-execution protection.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Arequire, post: 782156, member: 59283"] I couldn't tell you. I stopped using SAP before Apex was even announced. They may have replaced ClamAV with Apex entirely or you may be able to choose between the two. I'd have to install it to find out. Regardless, if I were you I'd avoid ClamAV like the plague. Depends on how confident you are in your own judgement. Keep in mind that SAP has no post-execution protection at all, so if you do allow something malicious - that isn't immediately detected by the Universal AV - to run, it's going to have free reign on your system until it's detected by one of the engines in the Universal AV or Apex. Also keep in mind that the engines included in the Universal AV are very much delayed in terms of signatures as compared to their original counterparts. So SAP can be used by itself without a companion AV, but be aware that your decision to allow something to run or not is the sole hurdle against infection. If that thought worries you at all then you'd do well to pair it with a traditional AV that includes strong behavioural blocking, which would remedy SAP's lack of post-execution protection. [/QUOTE]
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