> More or less like any of you guys, but I rely on my own local > repository and use a very small selection of DBs only. > Reload times are usually about 30-35 secs, Same here, but then, maybe it's a matter of properly tuned hardware; all in all, when you issue a "reload" ClamD will in effect dump the current in-memory sigs and reload/reparse all the sig files it finds and I can understand how, such a thing, on "small iron" or having some limited amount of memory may cause the process to take longer than expected > and dropped down to 4-6 secs only after applying Steve's filters... Uh... now I'm curious; which "filters" are you referring to, if I can ask ?