In the ClamAV-Mirrors mailing list it has been mentioned several times. On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 6:16 PM, Al Varnell <alvarn...@mac.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 06:02 PM, Rudy Stebih wrote: > > > > Clamwin & ClamAV are exactly the same engine. The ONLY difference is > that > > Clamwin has a pretty windows UI. > > Well, obviously the ClamAV engine is used with Clamwin, thought I don't > know what configuration options it employs. I suspect it's not a trivial > task for the average Windows user to upgrade the engine. As a ClamXav user > I know it's not something I would expect even a seasoned user of macOS/OS X > to do for themselves. I've been attempting to help a half dozen legacy OS X > Server users with the provided 0.97.8 engine upgrade and it's been a real > struggle for them. Neither Apple nor CLamAV are willing to assist. > > > First of all, I don't get paid to do QC for them. > > > > Second, it clearly states in the 'Mirror' documentation that 'Every > mirror > > is continuously monitored to ensure that every ClamAV user gets the > latest > > virus database.' > > > > They are not monitoring the mirrors anymore, and as such everyone is > > getting crappy update speeds because half the mirrors are down and they > are > > not taking anymore mirrors to replace those down mirrors... > > I only brought that up to help you out, so if that's not something you > need then feel free to ignore it. Hardly any of us here get paid for QC, > but that hasn't stopped us in the past. I thought we were a community > helping each other out here, but perhaps that is no longer true. Although > I've certainly seen those same signs, it's been years since I've > experienced anything close to what your are reporting. They keep promising > to bring back the ClamAV Mirror Status page, but no sign of it nor evidence > that even they have access to such a thing. > > Where did you hear they were not accepting any more mirrors? > > -Al- > > > On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 5:49 PM, Al Varnell wrote: > > > >> But again, that would appear to be a Clamwin problem as it doesn't > appear > >> they have updated the scan engine for some reason. The current version > was > >> released in January. > >> > >> But perhaps your issues can be addressed here, since you brought it up. > I > >> suspect the ClamAV network folks could look into that if you can post a > >> summary of the mirror sites that aren't working for you along with your > >> geographic location and the results of running these commands: > >> > >> freshclam --list-mirrors > >> host database.clamav.net > >> > >> -Al- > >> -- > >> ClamXav User > >> > >> On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 05:39 PM, Rudy Stebih wrote: > >>> > >>> First, it's obvious the guys ClamAV installation is outdated and needs > to > >>> be updated by the message 'Your ClamAV installation is OUTDATED!' > >>> > >>> Fix that first and I bet it will work fine after that! > >>> > >>> On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 5:27 PM, Al Varnell <alvarn...@mac.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Looks like either there is a related discussion or the same one taking > >>>> place at > >>>> <http://forums.clamwin.com/viewtopic.php?t=4544>. > >>>> > >>>> Sent from Janet's iPad > >>>> > >>>> -Al- > >>>> > >>>> On Nov 12, 2016, at 5:19 PM, "Joel Esler (jesler)" wrote: > >>>>> Who is “they”? Us? Or ClamWin? > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> Joel Esler | Talos: Manager | jes...@cisco.com<mailto:jesler > @cisco.com > >>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On Nov 12, 2016, at 5:02 PM, Rudy Stebih wrote: > >>>>>> It's because their mirrors are extremely slow and they won't add > any new > >>>>>> mirrors. What you are waiting for is for a mirror to timeout > (30sec) > >>>>>> before it will move onto the next mirror. And so on... > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I routinely go through 5 or 6 mirrors before I find one that's > active. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 1:55 PM, Al Varnell wrote: > >>>>>>> You are asking in the wrong place. Try the Clamwin Forum < > >>>>>>> http://forums.clamwin.com> > >>>>>>> or their mailing list <http://lists.sourceforge.net/ > >>>>>>> mailman/listinfo/clamwin-users>. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> -Al- > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 12:59 PM, Lee Gold wrote: > >>>>>>>> Using Clamwin. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> It just won't update the definitions. Slow updates have been a > problem > >>>>>>>> ever since I can remember. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> It's a major question that's been asked many times. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Why are updates so slow? Why can't it be fixed? > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> clamav-users mailing list > >>>> clamav-users@lists.clamav.net > >>>> http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: > >>>> https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq > >>>> > >>>> http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> clamav-users mailing list > >>> clamav-users@lists.clamav.net > >>> http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users > >>> > >>> > >>> Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: > >>> https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq > >>> > >>> http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml > > _______________________________________________ > clamav-users mailing list > clamav-users@lists.clamav.net > http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users > > > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: > https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq > > http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml > _______________________________________________ clamav-users mailing list clamav-users@lists.clamav.net http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml
