Hi Tom,

Please find the freshclam.log output between quotes << >> (I deleted
repetitions):
<<
ClamAV update process started at Sun Dec 10 10:23:01 2017
WARNING: Can't query current.cvd.clamav.net
WARNING: Invalid DNS reply. Falling back to HTTP mode.
Reading CVD header (main.cvd): Sun Dec 10 10:23:01 2017 -> WARNING: Can't
get information about db.local.clamav.net: Temporary failure in name
resolution
WARNING: Can't read main.cvd header from db.local.clamav.net (IP: )
Trying again in 5 secs...
...
Received signal: wake up
ClamAV update process started at Sun Dec 10 13:24:22 2017
main.cvd is up to date (version: 58, sigs: 4566249, f-level: 60, builder:
sigmgr)
WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily-24011.cdiff from db.local.clamav.net
WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily-24011.cdiff from db.local.clamav.net
WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily-24011.cdiff from db.local.clamav.net
WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily-24011.cdiff from db.local.clamav.net
WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily-24011.cdiff from db.local.clamav.net
WARNING: Incremental update failed, trying to download daily.cvd
WARNING: Can't download daily.cvd from db.local.clamav.net
Trying again in 5 secs...
>>

I do not see where to replace XY with my country code in the database
mirror section. Where is this?
Which settings in the freshclam.conf file do you mean? Find below my
freshclm.conf contents:
<<
# Automatically created by the clamav-freshclam postinst
# Comments will get lost when you reconfigure the clamav-freshclam package

DatabaseOwner clamav
UpdateLogFile /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log
LogVerbose false
LogSyslog false
LogFacility LOG_LOCAL6
LogFileMaxSize 0
LogRotate true
LogTime true
Foreground false
Debug false
MaxAttempts 5
DatabaseDirectory /var/lib/clamav
DNSDatabaseInfo current.cvd.clamav.net
AllowSupplementaryGroups false
PidFile /var/run/clamav/freshclam.pid
ConnectTimeout 30
ReceiveTimeout 30
TestDatabases yes
ScriptedUpdates yes
CompressLocalDatabase no
Bytecode true
# Check for new database 24 times a day
Checks 24
DatabaseMirror db.local.clamav.net
DatabaseMirror database.clamav.net
SafeBrowsing Yes
>>

Best regards,
George

2017-12-13 21:17 GMT+02:00 Thomas McCourt (tmccourt) <tmcco...@cisco.com>:

> Hey George,
>
> What does your freshclam.log file say?  Any errors generating when you
> download via freshclam?
> Replace XY with your country code in the below database mirror section.
> You could look at the freshclam.conf file and make sure you have the below
> settings:
>
> # Uncomment the following line and replace XY with your country
> # code. See http://www.iana.org/cctld/cctld-whois.htm for the full list.
> # You can use db.XY.ipv6.clamav.net for IPv6 connections.
> DatabaseMirror db.XY.clamav.net
>
> # database.clamav.net is a round-robin record which points to our most
> # reliable mirrors. It's used as a fall back in case db.XY.clamav.net is
> # not working. DO NOT TOUCH the following line unless you know what you
> # are doing.
> DatabaseMirror database.clamav.net
>
>
>
>
> IF you have having issues with the mirrors themselves, delete your
> mirror.dat file, and run a freshclam again to see if that helps.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Tom M
>
>
>
> On 12/13/17, 2:07 PM, "clamav-users on behalf of George" <
> clamav-users-boun...@lists.clamav.net on behalf of gdparlic...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Dear All,
> >
> >I need help to download and update main.cvd and daily.cvd manually AND
> >mirrors. I tried:
> >
> >wget database.clamav.net/main.cvd
> >sudo cp main.cvd /var/lib/clamav
> >wget database.clamav.net/main.cvd
> >sudo cp daily.cvd /var/lib/clamav
> >
> >It didn't work. I am still getting the message that my database is more
> >than 7 days old. I know that this might be wrong, but why did no one
> >addressed the issue? I've seen a lot of requests lately.
> >I have also been suggested to look for another mirrors. But how and where
> >to look for them. Coouldn't someone who understands this write an article?
> >
> >Best regards,
> >George
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