MailScanner/ClamAV High Server Load until the server downtime

[WhiteBear]

Hello friends,

Can you help me, please?

I have a server with MailScanner with CSF. This server was configured by Chirpy http://www.configserver.com.

But now MailScanner/ClamAV is caused High Server Load until the server downtime.

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You appear to be running the latest version of the MailScanner Package. An Upgrade button will appear here if a new version becomes available

You appear to be running the latest version of ClamAV. An Upgrade button will appear here if a new version becomes available

Installed ClamAV: v0.90.3

Installed MailScanner Script: v2.57
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Main >> Server Status >> CPU/Memory/MySQL Usage

User Domain %CPU %MEM Mysql Processes
mailnull 124.52 6.27 0.0
Top Process %CPU 153 /usr/local/bin/clamscan --unzip --jar --tar --tgz --deb --max-ratio500 --tempdir/tmp/clamav.638 -r --no-summary --stdout .
Top Process %CPU 150 /usr/local/bin/clamscan --unzip --jar --tar --tgz --deb --max-ratio500 --tempdir/tmp/clamav.18031 -r --no-summary --stdout .
Top Process %CPU 109 /usr/local/bin/clamscan --unzip --jar --tar --tgz --deb --max-ratio500 --tempdir/tmp/clamav.26293 -r --no-summary --stdout .
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Tasks: 157 total, 6 running, 150 sleeping, 0 stopped, 1 zombie
Cpu0 : 87.6% us, 10.4% sy, 2.0% ni, 0.0% id, 0.0% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Cpu1 : 97.5% us, 2.5% sy, 0.0% ni, 0.0% id, 0.0% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 4025552k total, 3955652k used, 69900k free, 373764k buffers
Swap: 2096440k total, 0k used, 2096440k free, 2929016k cached

PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
7769 mailnull 25 0 32332 26m 960 R 58 0.7 0:17.25 /usr/local/bin/clamscan --unzip --jar --tar --tgz --deb --max-ra
7889 mailnull 25 0 30680 25m 960 R 55 0.6 0:04.21 /usr/local/bin/clamscan --unzip --jar --tar --tgz --deb --max-ra
7781 mailnull 25 0 32340 26m 960 R 48 0.7 0:20.00 /usr/local/bin/clamscan --unzip --jar --tar --tgz --deb --max-ra
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Please someone knows how to fix this problem?

Thanks,

WhiteBear

[nickp666]

looks like you are using clamd to scan mails, switching to clamavmodule would bring the load down a bit.

[WhiteBear]

Hello nickp666,

Thank you for your assistence.

Have a nice day.

WhiteBear