Changes

Sometime you can have errors of clamav which ask to download some files as below, The admin account can receive a lot of emails on its mailbox, when clamav try to update its database, several by days.

On occasion there can be errors with clamav which can relate to the download of update files as shown below. The admin account can be flooded by emails when clamav tries to update its database, this can occur several times a day.

  freshclam: Update failed

  freshclam: Update failed

  2013-03-02 22:58:52.561968500 Update failed. Your network may be down or none of the mirrors listed in /etc/freshclam.conf is working. Check http://www.clamav.net/support/mirror-problem for possible reasons.

  2013-03-02 22:58:52.561968500 Update failed. Your network may be down or none of the mirrors listed in /etc/freshclam.conf is working. Check http://www.clamav.net/support/mirror-problem for possible reasons.

{{Tip box|This is a workaround to have a new database without complaints of clamav. use a root terminal to perform these commands.}}

{{Tip box|This is a workaround to create a new database solving the error condition of clamav. Use a root terminal to perform these commands.}}

Shutdown clam so clamd.socket file is removed

Shutdown clam so clamd.socket file is removed

  cd /var/clamav

  cd /var/clamav

which showed as just 5 files in the /var/clamav folder:

which showes just 5 files in the /var/clamav folder:

  ls -la /var/clamav

  ls -la /var/clamav

  -rw-------  1 clamav clamav      104 Feb 24 14:46 mirrors.dat

  -rw-------  1 clamav clamav      104 Feb 24 14:46 mirrors.dat

{{Warning box|if you are bandwidth poor or on slow connection '''then don't delete''' main.cvd}}

{{Warning box|if you have limited bandwidth or on a slow connection '''then don't delete''' main.cvd}}

Remove ALL files from folder to provide clean slate for update process

Remove ALL files from folder to provide a clean slate for update process

  rm -f /var/clamav/* (you could skip the -f & confirm every file delete for safety)

  rm -f /var/clamav/* (you could skip the -f & confirm every file delete for safety)

  clamav-0.97.6-1.el5.rf

  clamav-0.97.6-1.el5.rf

Update clamav to latest version if required '''it will Not downloading clamav-db'''

Update clamav to latest version if required '''it will Not download clamav-db'''

  yum update clamav

  yum update clamav

   

   

For completeness & to be absolutely sure signal-event post-update; signal-event reboot, then go through the logs post reboot to make sure everything started correctly.  This is not necessary for this procedure but doesn't hurt.

Finally & to be absolutely sure signal-event post-update; signal-event reboot, then go through the logs post reboot to make sure everything started correctly.  This is not necessary for this procedure but doesn't hurt.

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