Milich Gregory A (Greg) wrote: > Yes, I could download the dat from an internet connected PC, put on a CD > And then carry to standalone. Once uploaded to a directory on the > standalone PC would I run freshclam to update the dat files? > > If you use clamscan, then no issue there. You need to put the correct files (*.cvd) on the correct db directory, with enough permission to allow the user running clamscan to read it, then you're set to go.
However, If you use clamd/clamdscan, you need to take caution in how you copy the files. Clamd periodically checks its database directory for db modifications. If during that check it found incomplete db (for instance, because copying from CD is slow), clamd will complain about it and die. To be safe, you should restart clamd after copying the new virus db. Regards, Fajar _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
