Dora, Please post the results of running
sudo clamconf -Al- ClamXAV User On Sat, Aug 17, 2019 at 03:45 PM, Dora Smith via clamav-users wrote: > When I type freshclam in my terminal, I get > > Sat Aug 17 17:36:27 2019 -> ClamAV update process started at Sat Aug 17 > 17:36:27 2019 > Sat Aug 17 17:36:27 2019 -> main.cvd is up to date (version: 58, sigs: > 4566249, f-level: 60, builder: sigmgr) > Sat Aug 17 17:36:27 2019 -> daily.cvd is up to date (version: 25544, sigs: > 1725545, f-level: 63, builder: raynman) > Sat Aug 17 17:36:27 2019 -> safebrowsing.cvd is up to date (version: 48958, > sigs: 2441766, f-level: 63, builder: google) > Sat Aug 17 17:36:27 2019 -> bytecode.cvd is up to date (version: 330, sigs: > 94, f-level: 63, builder: neo) > Sat Aug 17 17:36:27 2019 -> ^getfile: dbname1.cvd not found on > database.clamav.net <http://database.clamav.net/> (IP: 104.16.219.84) > Sat Aug 17 17:36:27 2019 -> ^Can't download dbname1.cvd from > database.clamav.net <http://database.clamav.net/> > Sat Aug 17 17:36:28 2019 -> *Can't query > dbname1.0.102.0.0.6810DB54.ping.clamav.net <http://ping.clamav.net/> > Sat Aug 17 17:36:28 2019 -> Trying again in 5 secs... > > And it repeats this two more times before telling me > > Sat Aug 17 17:36:39 2019 -> Giving up on database.clamav.net > <http://database.clamav.net/>... > Sat Aug 17 17:36:39 2019 -> Update failed. Your network may be down or none > of the mirrors listed in /usr/local/etc/freshclam.conf is working. Check > https://www.clamav.net/documents/official-mirror-faq > <https://www.clamav.net/documents/official-mirror-faq> for possible reasons. > > > The first time I tried it, it also told me it can't ping clamav.net > <http://clamav.net/>, but I could ping clamav.net <http://clamav.net/> with > no problem. And the Internet's not down. > > > I didn't change any mirrors when I activated freshclam.conf. I did activate > a bunch of things, if you see something I might have activated I should go > back and comment back in. Maybe something needs a database that doesn't > exist? I activated every safeguard I could see. > > > I am using the current version, 0.103.1, that I just went through the > LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG rigamorole on the Clamav pages, ALL of it, to > install, because the version in the Ubuntu repository is out of date and I > kept getting error messages. > > I am running Ubuntu 18.04. > > I am trying to run Clamav. I want to run an antivirus scan. Right now I > presumably can't run it at all becasue it doesn't have its databases. > > > And I need to know how to run Clamav immediately, because I accidentally got > a really weird web page! Today, not tomorrow and midnight won't do. Common > sense. Linux ain't just for servers any more. > > > Someone pointed me to a Ubuntu page for clamav that tells how to install the > out of date version that doesn't work because it's out of date, but there > might have been useful information on it - will "CLAMSCAN" run an antivirus > scan immediately? > > > Yours, > > Dora Smith > > > On 8/17/19 5:07 PM, J.R. via clamav-users wrote: >>> So it downloaded main.cvd, daily.cvd, safebrowsing.cvd, and >>> bytecode.cvd, but can't download database1.cvd or something, and there >>> might be a problem with teh mirrors in my conf file, which didn't >>> contain any mirrors and I didn't mess with them if they're there and I >>> didn't see them. >> There is no "database1.cvd"... The 4 you listed are the only official >> ones. So unless you made a mistake editing the config file, I'm not >> really sure what it's trying to do. >> >> You don't need to mess with the mirrors or anything. The files are >> hosted via Cloudflare's CDN so you will automatically get the closest >> server to you. >> >>> And when I get my definititions, I need to run clamav now and not when >>> it feels like it - how do I exactly do that? The GUI for the out of >>> date version would only let me set up a time to run it. >> What operating system are you running? What version of ClamAV are you >> running? >> >> https://www.clamav.net/documentation <https://www.clamav.net/documentation> >> >> ^^^ That page will hopefully give you some answers... >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> clamav-users mailing list >> clamav-users@lists.clamav.net >> https://lists.clamav.net/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 <mailto:clamav-users@lists.clamav.net> > https://lists.clamav.net/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users > <https://lists.clamav.net/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users> > > > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: > https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq > <https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq> > > http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml <http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml>
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