Thanks to Fajar and Antoni. One thing I still don't understand is about the viruses.db or viruses.db2.
What are the *.db* files? What are the *.cvd files? Is the *.db* file just a list which will be compiled into binary file (namely the .cvd files)? Fajar mentioned the virus database used is the .cvd. But the name viruses.db implies its meaning by itself. Confused. The reason I ask this question because when I checked the log file for clamd, I saw the update is successful. But only .cvd file timestamp changed, not the *.db* file timestamp. Thus, the viruses.db* are not updated. Sorry for my shallow understanding on clamav. Cheers, Karis >-----Original Message----- >From: Fajar A. Nugraha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 02:00 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [Clamav-users] Virus scanned by clamav.net but updated db missed it > >Karis Matik wrote: > >>Thanks for your reply. >>Several questions: >>1. which virus database amavis 0.66 uses? viruses.db or viruses.db2 or both? >> >> >Not amavis 0.66. Clamav 0.66. >Antoni's reply is correct : ClamAV will use any/all files which end in >.db or .db? >But since you use 0.66, you don't need to have any *.db*. The default db >is *.cvd. > >See this? >" > >Thu Mar 11 23:15:06 2004 -> Protecting against 40864 viruses. > >" >This is too much. It means clamav is reading the *.cvd and viruses.*. >Better remove the viruses.* >since the signatures are the same anyway. > >>2. When I do a restart on clamd service, I can't find: Database correctly reloaded >>message. >> >> >> >On restart, you should look for "Protecting against xxx viruses". >However, during clamd runs it will perform self checks periodically and >reload the database as needed, >producing the "Database correctly reloaded" message. >On newer versions, freshclam will also notify clamd to reload if a new >database version is available, producing >in freshclam.log entries like > >" >Database updated (20432 signatures) from clamav.antispam.or.id >(202.134.0.71). >Clamd successfully notified about the update. >" > >You should remove your viruses.*, restart clamd, and try again. >If that still don't work, try upgrading to latest stable or CVS snapshot >(I recommend latest snapshot). > >Regards, > >Fajar > > >------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials >Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of >GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system >administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click >_______________________________________________ >Clamav-users mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clamav-users > --------------------------------------------- This e-mail was sent using a CentralPets WebMail account Get yours at: http://mail.centralpets.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id70&alloc_id638&op=click _______________________________________________ Clamav-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clamav-users
