Can someone tell me how to update clam av. My IT guy is out of town and I know very little about this. Simple explanation would be good. I went to the website but wasn't able to understand the directions for linux. Looking for the simplest way to do this.
Thanks...
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You should be able to update your virus list by running the 'freshclam' command. Run 'man freshclam' for more info.
HTH
Dan
HTH
Dan
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Can someone tell me how to update clam av. My IT guy is out of town and I know very little about this. Simple explanation would be good. I went to the website but wasn't able to understand the directions for linux. Looking for the simplest way to do this.
Thanks...
Thanks...
huh?
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huh?
Hmmm, you may want to wait for the IT guy to get back.
Seriously though, are you looking to update the virus defs, or upgrade the program? Are you familiar with SSH ? If you are familiar with SSH, then the above command ' freshclam ' will do the trick to update your virus definitions.
update virus defs is what I need to do. I know a bit of ssh. is it more involved than logging in an entering freshclam
Easy as that, login to the box as root. type the command freshclam
(you may even want to ask your IT guy to create a cronjob that'll run freshclam on a daily basis)
Good Luck!
(you may even want to ask your IT guy to create a cronjob that'll run freshclam on a daily basis)
Good Luck!
Well the freshclam utility is the easiest and fastest way to update your virus defs. Like I said, run 'freshclam' from the server as root once you've SSH'd in.
Dan
Dan
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update virus defs is what I need to do. I know a bit of ssh. is it more involved than logging in an entering freshclam
thank you so much.
main.cvd is up to date....
then I received three errors:
cant create new file
database directory not writable
cant download daily.cvd
any suggestions......
then I received three errors:
cant create new file
database directory not writable
cant download daily.cvd
any suggestions......
I've never encountered that, so I won't be much help.
Were you the 'root' user when you issued that command?
Were you the 'root' user when you issued that command?
yes I was root user. know any other commands.
i figured it out. if you ever run into this problem run:
up2date -u clamav
thanks
up2date -u clamav
thanks
Problem for me is its still version 0.60, out of date... I run the command
and it tells me it all up to date... yes when I go to get the version of clamd (clamd --version) Its still 0.60... newest verison of ClamAV is 0.81... Please help.
Oh and Freshclam turn up this
If you have 0.60
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up2date -u clamav
and it tells me it all up to date... yes when I go to get the version of clamd (clamd --version) Its still 0.60... newest verison of ClamAV is 0.81... Please help.
Oh and Freshclam turn up this
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ERROR: md5 sum not found on remote server
ERROR: Can't get viruses.md5 sum from clamav.ozforces.com
ERROR: Malformed md5 checksum detected.
ERROR: Can't get viruses.md5 sum from clamav.cpanel.net
ERROR: md5 sum not found on remote server
ERROR: Can't get viruses.md5 sum from clamav.elektrapro.com
ERROR: md5 sum not found on remote server
ERROR: Can't get viruses.md5 sum from clamav.ozforces.com
ERROR: md5 sum not found on remote server
ERROR: Can't get viruses.md5 sum from clamav.essentkabel.com
ERROR: md5 sum not found on remote server
ERROR: Can't get viruses.md5 sum from clamav.linux-sxs.org
ERROR: Can't get viruses.md5 sum from clamav.ozforces.com
ERROR: Malformed md5 checksum detected.
ERROR: Can't get viruses.md5 sum from clamav.cpanel.net
ERROR: md5 sum not found on remote server
ERROR: Can't get viruses.md5 sum from clamav.elektrapro.com
ERROR: md5 sum not found on remote server
ERROR: Can't get viruses.md5 sum from clamav.ozforces.com
ERROR: md5 sum not found on remote server
ERROR: Can't get viruses.md5 sum from clamav.essentkabel.com
ERROR: md5 sum not found on remote server
ERROR: Can't get viruses.md5 sum from clamav.linux-sxs.org
If you have 0.60
If you run cPanel, then this will now have beend updated. If not there is a guide on the cpanel forums as to how to update it manually.
Use WHM addon modules to install clamconnector
How often does WHM update their version of clamav? I get the e-mail every morning about 0.83 being out of date and to get 0.84. Can I count on it being part of a base update to WHM sometime soon?
I did try to upgrade clamav manually, and all went well... so it seemed. But I was not getting mail despite no errors or indications of problems.
Thanks!
I did try to upgrade clamav manually, and all went well... so it seemed. But I was not getting mail despite no errors or indications of problems.
Thanks!
For those interested... WHM just added ClamAV 0.84 to an update released this afternoon... What timing! 
Has anyone had a problem using the 'freshclam' command lately?
For some reason you get this via ssh
'-bash: freshclam: command not found'
Yes, my install is 'up2date - u clamav'
For some reason you get this via ssh
'-bash: freshclam: command not found'
Yes, my install is 'up2date - u clamav'
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