Hi, Thanks for the pointers, however i don't think i can run freshclam without the clamd service running
--------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] var]# chown -R clamav /var/clamav [EMAIL PROTECTED] var]# freshclam ClamAV update process started at Wed Jul 16 10:13:25 2008 main.cvd is up to date (version: 47, sigs: 312304, f-level: 31, builder: sven) Downloading daily-7724.cdiff [100%] daily.cld updated (version: 7724, sigs: 40895, f-level: 33, builder: guitar) Database updated (353199 signatures) from db.gb.clamav.net (IP: 80.82.245.8) WARNING: Clamd was NOT notified: Can't connect to clamd through /tmp/clamd.socket connect(): No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED] var]# service clamd start Starting Clam AntiVirus Daemon: LibClamAV Error: cli_loaddbdir(): Can't open directory /var/clamav ERROR: Unable to open file or directory [FAILED] _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml