You know what, your post (and a recent short "fiasco" on my server) made me try out most ClamAV mirrors. The result is quite surprisingDirectly http (at avmirror2.prod.rxgsys.com/database/) downloaded files give this beautiful result:
As I recalled, there was an entry on http://www.clamav.net/doc/mirrors/clamav-mirror-howto.txt which saids that database are located on /database directory (the content of the file has changed, along with the preferred method of mirroring so I can't find that particular line anymore).
Seeing that you download it from avmirror2.prod.rxgsys.com/database/, I guess I'm not the only one that notice the "/database".
So, every mirror SHOULD have /database/main.cvd and /database/daily.cvd, right? WRONG!
clamav.datahost.com.ar has *.cvd in /, not in /database
So I try something else.
I put an entry in /etc/hosts for database.clamav.net that point to several mirrors one by one, and run freshclam.
I also check *.cvd presence in / and /database.
Here's the result :
200.32.4.47 (clamav.datahost.com.ar) : OK (*.cvd exists only in /, not in /database)
203.17.15.197 (clamav.ozforces.com) : NOK. (figures. http://www.clamav.net/mirrors.html shows all red anyway).
64.69.64.158 (clamav.gossamer-threads.com) : OK (*.cvd exists in both / and /database)
62.210.153.202 (clamav.inet6.fr) : OK ( cvd exists on /, /database/*.cvd denied)
212.162.12.159 (clamav.e-admin.de) : OK (*.cvd exists in both / and /database)
195.70.36.141 (clamav.fisher.hu) : OK (*.cvd exists in both / and /database)
=== stop working here. Seems all which freshclam says work are ones with *.cvd in / ======
Now I try your particular mirror (the ones that made your freshclam failed) :
199.239.233.95 (clamav-du.viaverio.com) : OK (*.cvd exists only in /, not in /database)
64.18.100.4 (clamav.catt.com) : OK (*.cvd exists only in /, not in /database)
213.184.16.3 (clamav.man.olsztyn.pl) : OK (*.cvd exists only in /, not in /database)
===== end test ====================================================
Havent tried old viruses.db*. Some mirrors were not tested.
I guess it's safe to conclude that new versions (mine is devel-20040204) looks for *.cvd in /, not in /database.
However OLDER versions (in this case devel-20031125, the one used to make Win32 binary) seems to looks for *.cvd in /database,
which would explain the "Verification: MD5 verification error" : it can't find the cvd it was looking for.
So, to make devel-20031125 work you should set your mirrors.txt manually to clamav.gossamer-threads.com, clamav.e-admin.de, or other mirrors which still have *.cvd on /database.
I look at ChangeLog, but there's no mentioning database location change. Did I miss the documentation somehere, or is it simply undocumented?
Regards,
Fajar A. Nugraha
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