I'm reassured by the fact that there are folks here who are observant regarding this and have knowledge about it.
This gives me confidence in ClamAV and ClamWin. I hope updates can be made speedier. On Sat, Nov 12, 2016, at 07:18 PM, Rudy Stebih wrote: > 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? 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