Is your clam AV version up to date? I sometimes see similar messages when I"m more than one levelset behind and the mirrors have changed. What does clamscan -V and freshclam -V reveal?
Alan Stern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To ClamAV users ML <clamav-users@lists.clamav.net> 03/26/2008 10:28 AM cc Subject Please respond to [Clamav-users] Problems connecting to freshclam servers ClamAV users ML <clamav-users@lists.clamav.net> I often get numerous log messages about errors connecting to the clamav database servers. Here is an extract from a recent log (times are EDT = UTC - 0400): Last ClamAV update process started at Tue Mar 25 04:31:19 2008 Last Status: main.cvd is up to date (version: 45, sigs: 169676, f-level: 21, builder: sven) nonblock_connect: connect timing out (30 secs) Can't connect to port 80 of host db.us.clamav.net (IP: 64.246.44.108) Ignoring mirror 72.21.63.182 (due to previous errors) Trying host db.us.clamav.net (129.64.99.170)... connect_error: getsockopt(SO_ERROR): fd=7 error=111: Connection refused Can't connect to port 80 of host db.us.clamav.net (IP: 129.64.99.170) Trying host db.us.clamav.net (199.239.233.95)... nonblock_recv: recv timing out (30 secs) ERROR: getfile: Error while reading database from db.us.clamav.net (IP: 199.239.233.95) ERROR: getpatch: Can't download daily-6362.cdiff from db.us.clamav.net nonblock_connect: connect timing out (30 secs) Can't connect to port 80 of host db.us.clamav.net (IP: 64.246.44.108) Ignoring mirror 72.21.63.182 (due to previous errors) Trying host db.us.clamav.net (129.64.99.170)... connect_error: getsockopt(SO_ERROR): fd=8 error=111: Connection refused Can't connect to port 80 of host db.us.clamav.net (IP: 129.64.99.170) Trying host db.us.clamav.net (199.239.233.95)... nonblock_connect: connect timing out (30 secs) Can't connect to port 80 of host db.us.clamav.net (IP: 199.239.233.95) Trying host db.us.clamav.net (206.154.202.13)... Downloading daily-6362.cdiff [100%] nonblock_connect: connect timing out (30 secs) Can't connect to port 80 of host 206.154.202.13 (IP: 206.154.202.13) ERROR: getpatch: Can't download daily-6363.cdiff from db.us.clamav.net nonblock_recv: recv timing out (30 secs) ERROR: getfile: Error while reading database from db.us.clamav.net (IP: 64.246.44.108) ERROR: getpatch: Can't download daily-6363.cdiff from db.us.clamav.net nonblock_connect: connect timing out (30 secs) Can't connect to port 80 of host db.us.clamav.net (IP: 64.246.44.108) Ignoring mirror 72.21.63.182 (due to previous errors) Trying host db.us.clamav.net (129.64.99.170)... connect_error: getsockopt(SO_ERROR): fd=9 error=111: Connection refused Can't connect to port 80 of host db.us.clamav.net (IP: 129.64.99.170) Trying host db.us.clamav.net (199.239.233.95)... nonblock_connect: connect timing out (30 secs) Can't connect to port 80 of host db.us.clamav.net (IP: 199.239.233.95) Trying host db.us.clamav.net (206.154.202.13)... nonblock_connect: connect timing out (30 secs) Can't connect to port 80 of host db.us.clamav.net (IP: 206.154.202.13) Trying host db.us.clamav.net (206.154.203.213)... Downloading daily-6363.cdiff [100%] Downloading daily-6364.cdiff [100%] Downloading daily-6365.cdiff [100%] nonblock_connect: connect timing out (30 secs) Can't connect to port 80 of host 206.154.203.213 (IP: 206.154.203.213) ERROR: getpatch: Can't download daily-6366.cdiff from db.us.clamav.net nonblock_connect: connect timing out (30 secs) Can't connect to port 80 of host db.us.clamav.net (IP: 64.246.44.108) Ignoring mirror 72.21.63.182 (due to previous errors) Trying host db.us.clamav.net (129.64.99.170)... connect_error: getsockopt(SO_ERROR): fd=9 error=111: Connection refused Can't connect to port 80 of host db.us.clamav.net (IP: 129.64.99.170) Trying host db.us.clamav.net (199.239.233.95)... nonblock_connect: connect timing out (30 secs) Can't connect to port 80 of host db.us.clamav.net (IP: 199.239.233.95) Trying host db.us.clamav.net (206.154.202.13)... nonblock_connect: connect timing out (30 secs) Can't connect to port 80 of host db.us.clamav.net (IP: 206.154.202.13) Trying host db.us.clamav.net (206.154.203.213)... Downloading daily-6366.cdiff [100%] nonblock_connect: connect timing out (30 secs) Can't connect to port 80 of host 206.154.203.213 (IP: 206.154.203.213) ERROR: getpatch: Can't download daily-6367.cdiff from db.us.clamav.net nonblock_connect: connect timing out (30 secs) Can't connect to port 80 of host db.us.clamav.net (IP: 64.246.44.108) Ignoring mirror 72.21.63.182 (due to previous errors) Trying host db.us.clamav.net (129.64.99.170)... connect_error: getsockopt(SO_ERROR): fd=9 error=111: Connection refused Can't connect to port 80 of host db.us.clamav.net (IP: 129.64.99.170) Trying host db.us.clamav.net (199.239.233.95)... nonblock_connect: connect timing out (30 secs) Can't connect to port 80 of host db.us.clamav.net (IP: 199.239.233.95) Trying host db.us.clamav.net (206.154.202.13)... nonblock_connect: connect timing out (30 secs) Can't connect to port 80 of host db.us.clamav.net (IP: 206.154.202.13) Trying host db.us.clamav.net (206.154.203.213)... Downloading daily-6367.cdiff [100%] nonblock_connect: connect timing out (30 secs) Can't connect to port 80 of host 206.154.203.213 (IP: 206.154.203.213) ERROR: getpatch: Can't download daily-6368.cdiff from db.us.clamav.net nonblock_connect: connect timing out (30 secs) Can't connect to port 80 of host db.us.clamav.net (IP: 64.246.44.108) Ignoring mirror 72.21.63.182 (due to previous errors) Trying host db.us.clamav.net (129.64.99.170)... connect_error: getsockopt(SO_ERROR): fd=9 error=111: Connection refused Can't connect to port 80 of host db.us.clamav.net (IP: 129.64.99.170) Trying host db.us.clamav.net (199.239.233.95)... nonblock_connect: connect timing out (30 secs) Can't connect to port 80 of host db.us.clamav.net (IP: 199.239.233.95) Trying host db.us.clamav.net (206.154.202.13)... Downloading daily-6368.cdiff [100%] nonblock_connect: connect timing out (30 secs) Can't connect to port 80 of host 206.154.202.13 (IP: 206.154.202.13) ERROR: getpatch: Can't download daily-6369.cdiff from db.us.clamav.net nonblock_recv: recv timing out (30 secs) ERROR: getfile: Error while reading database from db.us.clamav.net (IP: 64.246.44.108) ERROR: getpatch: Can't download daily-6369.cdiff from db.us.clamav.net connect_error: getsockopt(SO_ERROR): fd=10 error=111: Connection refused Can't connect to port 80 of host db.us.clamav.net (IP: 129.64.99.170) Trying host db.us.clamav.net (199.239.233.95)... Downloading daily-6369.cdiff [100%] nonblock_connect: connect timing out (30 secs) Can't connect to port 80 of host 199.239.233.95 (IP: 199.239.233.95) ERROR: getpatch: Can't download daily-6370.cdiff from db.us.clamav.net connect_error: getsockopt(SO_ERROR): fd=10 error=111: Connection refused Can't connect to port 80 of host db.us.clamav.net (IP: 129.64.99.170) Trying host db.us.clamav.net (199.239.233.95)... Downloading daily-6370.cdiff [100%] nonblock_recv: recv timing out (30 secs) ERROR: getfile: Error while reading database from db.us.clamav.net (IP: 199.239.233.95) ERROR: getpatch: Can't download daily-6371.cdiff from db.us.clamav.net connect_error: getsockopt(SO_ERROR): fd=11 error=111: Connection refused Can't connect to port 80 of host db.us.clamav.net (IP: 129.64.99.170) Trying host db.us.clamav.net (199.239.233.95)... nonblock_connect: connect timing out (30 secs) Can't connect to port 80 of host db.us.clamav.net (IP: 199.239.233.95) Trying host db.us.clamav.net (206.154.202.13)... Downloading daily-6371.cdiff [100%] Downloading daily-6372.cdiff [100%] Downloading daily-6373.cdiff [100%] Downloading daily-6374.cdiff [100%] Downloading daily-6375.cdiff [100%] Downloading daily-6376.cdiff [100%] Downloading daily-6377.cdiff [100%] Downloading daily-6378.cdiff [100%] Downloading daily-6379.cdiff [100%] nonblock_connect: connect timing out (30 secs) Can't connect to port 80 of host 206.154.202.13 (IP: 206.154.202.13) ERROR: getpatch: Can't download daily-6380.cdiff from db.us.clamav.net connect_error: getsockopt(SO_ERROR): fd=11 error=111: Connection refused Can't connect to port 80 of host db.us.clamav.net (IP: 129.64.99.170) Trying host db.us.clamav.net (199.239.233.95)... nonblock_connect: connect timing out (30 secs) Can't connect to port 80 of host db.us.clamav.net (IP: 199.239.233.95) Trying host db.us.clamav.net (206.154.202.13)... nonblock_connect: connect timing out (30 secs) Can't connect to port 80 of host db.us.clamav.net (IP: 206.154.202.13) Trying host db.us.clamav.net (206.154.203.213)... Downloading daily-6380.cdiff [100%] Downloading daily-6381.cdiff [100%] nonblock_connect: connect timing out (30 secs) Can't connect to port 80 of host 206.154.203.213 (IP: 206.154.203.213) ERROR: getpatch: Can't download daily-6382.cdiff from db.us.clamav.net connect_error: getsockopt(SO_ERROR): fd=11 error=111: Connection refused Can't connect to port 80 of host db.us.clamav.net (IP: 129.64.99.170) Trying host db.us.clamav.net (199.239.233.95)... nonblock_recv: recv timing out (30 secs) ERROR: getfile: Error while reading database from db.us.clamav.net (IP: 199.239.233.95) ERROR: getpatch: Can't download daily-6382.cdiff from db.us.clamav.net nonblock_connect: connect timing out (30 secs) Can't connect to port 80 of host db.us.clamav.net (IP: 206.154.202.213) Trying host db.us.clamav.net (208.67.80.27)... Downloading daily-6382.cdiff [100%] Downloading daily-6383.cdiff [100%] Downloading daily-6384.cdiff [100%] Downloading daily-6385.cdiff [100%] Downloading daily-6386.cdiff [100%] Downloading daily-6387.cdiff [100%] Downloading daily-6388.cdiff [100%] Downloading daily-6389.cdiff [100%] daily.inc updated (version: 6389, sigs: 64718, f-level: 26, builder: arnaud) Database updated (234394 signatures) from db.us.clamav.net (IP: 208.67.80.27) Clamd successfully notified about the update. This was a particularly bad case. Can anyone explain why there should be so many errors? Is 4:30 AM just a bad time for downloading? 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