I asked the same question and here's the response I got.
-- Rock River Internet Roger Grunkemeyer 202 W. State St, 8th Floor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rockford, IL 61101 815-968-3888
--- Begin Message --- Roger wrote:After updating the virus defs do you need to reload/restart clamav?There are three possiblities to make clamd load updated databases, choose your poison ;-) :
1. run freshclam with the --daemon-notify option. This will inform clamd to reload right after updates.
2. Clamd regulary checks if the databases have changed (parameter "SelfCheck" in clamav.conf) and reloads them if neccessary
3. Restart clamd
Thomas
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