Re: [clamav-users] Malformed database issue

2020-02-10 Thread J.R. via clamav-users
Yes, the regular channel update will work fine to update to 0.100.3 I meant if you wanted to update to the latest 0.102.2 you will have to roll your own... > I was going to update via the software update tool!! Would that work??? > >Jay ___ clamav-u

Re: [clamav-users] Malformed database issue

2020-02-09 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 09.02.20 21:28, Jay Hart wrote: I was going to update via the software update tool!! Would that work??? yes. he advised only if you want to upgrade manually. Upgrading via distro-proposed solution (yum on centos) is much better. I recommend doing that instead of manual upgrading due to pos

Re: [clamav-users] Malformed database issue

2020-02-09 Thread Jay Hart
I was going to update via the software update tool!! Would that work??? Jay > Jay, > > If you are going to upgrade to the newest version manually, I *highly* > suggest using the EL6 source RPM as a template as it bundles & > statically builds a newer version of zlib for use with ClamAV as a > wo

Re: [clamav-users] Malformed database issue

2020-02-09 Thread J.R. via clamav-users
Jay, If you are going to upgrade to the newest version manually, I *highly* suggest using the EL6 source RPM as a template as it bundles & statically builds a newer version of zlib for use with ClamAV as a workaround to prevent the "malformed database" errors. https://download-ib01.fedoraproject.

Re: [clamav-users] Malformed database issue

2020-02-09 Thread Jay Hart
Micah, I'm still using Centos 6, still on a 32-bit platform. Its patched with the exception of clamav. Still running clamav-0.100.0-1.el6. I have the option of going to 0.100.3-1.el6. I wouldn't say that clamav is working, but I can still send/receive email. In your opinion, should I upgrade

Re: [clamav-users] Malformed database issue

2018-07-30 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 29.07.2018 um 19:23 schrieb Jay Hart: > Just got notified that Clamav 0.100.1 is released for Centos 6.10. I'm > wondering if I upgrade to > that release, will my malformed database issue get resolved? what about just update and report? you need to update anyways for security reasons ___

Re: [clamav-users] Malformed database issue

2018-07-29 Thread Micah Snyder (micasnyd)
Sorry, it will not. Micah Snyder ClamAV Development Talos Cisco Systems, Inc. On Jul 29, 2018, at 1:23 PM, Jay Hart mailto:jh...@kevla.org>> wrote: Hey, Just got notified that Clamav 0.100.1 is released for Centos 6.10. I'm wondering if I upgrade to that release, will my malformed database

Re: [clamav-users] Malformed database issue

2018-07-29 Thread Jay Hart
Hey, Just got notified that Clamav 0.100.1 is released for Centos 6.10. I'm wondering if I upgrade to that release, will my malformed database issue get resolved? Thanks, Jay > My apologies Jay, > > I tend to think of dependencies from a development perspective because I > basically never tes

Re: [clamav-users] Malformed database issue

2018-07-16 Thread Walter H.
On 15.07.2018 23:05, Jay Hart wrote: Hello and good afternoon, Yessterday on a Centos 6.10 server I ran the software updater application which indicated 134 packages needed to be updated, one of which was Clamav. can you remove clamav (yum remove clamav ...) and reboot, after this reinstall it

Re: [clamav-users] Malformed database issue

2018-07-15 Thread Thomas McCourt (tmccourt)
Oh, check your permissions on var/lib/clamav, see if clam has access to it On 7/15/18, 8:05 PM, "clamav-users on behalf of Jay Hart" wrote: > Hey Jay, > > > Not sure which it is referring to db wise, but deleting main.cvd, daily, bytecode and mirror.dat > should

Re: [clamav-users] Malformed database issue

2018-07-15 Thread Jay Hart
> Hey Jay, > > > Not sure which it is referring to db wise, but deleting main.cvd, daily, > bytecode and mirror.dat > should fix it after another freshclam. > > > Thank you, > > > Tom M > After I emptied the directory, and reran freshclam, I rebooted the box. Now clamav is not running due to

Re: [clamav-users] Malformed database issue

2018-07-15 Thread Jay Hart
> Hey Jay, > > > Not sure which it is referring to db wise, but deleting main.cvd, daily, > bytecode and mirror.dat > should fix it after another freshclam. > > > Thank you, > > > Tom M Tom, I removed all files from /var/lib/clamav, reran freshclam (freshclam -v), and it did not resolve the iss

Re: [clamav-users] Malformed database issue

2018-07-15 Thread Thomas McCourt (tmccourt)
Hey Jay, Not sure which it is referring to db wise, but deleting main.cvd, daily, bytecode and mirror.dat should fix it after another freshclam. Thank you, Tom M On 7/15/18, 5:05 PM, "clamav-users on behalf of Jay Hart" wrote: Hello and good afternoon, Yessterday on a Cent

[clamav-users] Malformed database issue

2018-07-15 Thread Jay Hart
Hello and good afternoon, Yessterday on a Centos 6.10 server I ran the software updater application which indicated 134 packages needed to be updated, one of which was Clamav. The updater ran fine and the machine was rebooted. Upon reboot Clamav failed to run. This was due to the deprecated opt

Re: [clamav-users] Malformed database?

2014-06-25 Thread Shawn Webb
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 8:48 AM, Shawn Webb wrote: > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 8:44 AM, Paul Smith wrote: > >> >> On 25/06/2014 13:25, Joel Esler (jesler) wrote: >> >>> On Jun 25, 2014, at 7:15 AM, Paul Smith mailto:paul@ >>> pscs.co.uk>> wrote: >>> >>> Oh? The FAQ says that the latest two major v

Re: [clamav-users] Malformed database?

2014-06-25 Thread Shawn Webb
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 8:44 AM, Paul Smith wrote: > > On 25/06/2014 13:25, Joel Esler (jesler) wrote: > >> On Jun 25, 2014, at 7:15 AM, Paul Smith mailto:paul@ >> pscs.co.uk>> wrote: >> >> Oh? The FAQ says that the latest two major versions (0.97 and 0.98 ?) are >> tested against the DB, so it s

Re: [clamav-users] Malformed database?

2014-06-25 Thread Paul Smith
On 25/06/2014 13:25, Joel Esler (jesler) wrote: On Jun 25, 2014, at 7:15 AM, Paul Smith mailto:p...@pscs.co.uk>> wrote: Oh? The FAQ says that the latest two major versions (0.97 and 0.98 ?) are tested against the DB, so it should work as far as I can see. You’re right. I’m sorry. My brain

Re: [clamav-users] Malformed database?

2014-06-25 Thread Joel Esler (jesler)
On Jun 25, 2014, at 7:15 AM, Paul Smith mailto:p...@pscs.co.uk>> wrote: Oh? The FAQ says that the latest two major versions (0.97 and 0.98 ?) are tested against the DB, so it should work as far as I can see. You’re right. I’m sorry. My brain must have transposed “0.97.2” to “0.92.7” ___

Re: [clamav-users] Malformed database?

2014-06-25 Thread Paul Smith
On 25/06/2014 12:10, Joel Esler (jesler) wrote: On Jun 25, 2014, at 5:22, "Steve Basford" wrote: On Wed, June 25, 2014 9:57 am, Paul Smith wrote: Using ClamAV 0.97.2, since yesterday's update Freshclam gives this when trying to download a fresh database: Hi Paul, Much newer binaries her

Re: [clamav-users] Malformed database?

2014-06-25 Thread Joel Esler (jesler)
> On Jun 25, 2014, at 5:22, "Steve Basford" > wrote: > > >> On Wed, June 25, 2014 9:57 am, Paul Smith wrote: >> Using ClamAV 0.97.2, since yesterday's update Freshclam gives this when >> trying to download a fresh database: > > Hi Paul, > > Much newer binaries here (0.98.4), does it work ok

Re: [clamav-users] Malformed database?

2014-06-25 Thread Steve Basford
On Wed, June 25, 2014 11:00 am, Paul Smith wrote: > > It looks like my version is from the ClamWin ClamAV Unofficial Win32 > port. It's slightly customised which is why it's still an old version. Ah ok. There is also... Native 0.98 here... http://oss.netfarm.it/clamav/ Native 0.98.4-rc1: https

Re: [clamav-users] Malformed database?

2014-06-25 Thread Paul Smith
On 25/06/2014 10:22, Steve Basford wrote: On Wed, June 25, 2014 9:57 am, Paul Smith wrote: Using ClamAV 0.97.2, since yesterday's update Freshclam gives this when trying to download a fresh database: Hi Paul, Much newer binaries here (0.98.4), does it work ok with this version... http://sour

Re: [clamav-users] Malformed database?

2014-06-25 Thread Steve Basford
On Wed, June 25, 2014 9:57 am, Paul Smith wrote: > Using ClamAV 0.97.2, since yesterday's update Freshclam gives this when > trying to download a fresh database: Hi Paul, Much newer binaries here (0.98.4), does it work ok with this version... http://sourceforge.net/projects/clamav/files/clamav/

[clamav-users] Malformed database?

2014-06-25 Thread Paul Smith
Using ClamAV 0.97.2, since yesterday's update Freshclam gives this when trying to download a fresh database: Max retries == 3 ClamAV update process started at Wed Jun 25 09:27:38 2014 Using IPv6 aware code TTL: 807 Software version from DNS: 0.98.4 Retrieving http://database.clamav.net/main.cvd

Re: [Clamav-users] Malformed database problem

2008-08-08 Thread Sarocet
Chambers, Phil wrote: > I have looked at the source code and there are numerous places where it > detects problems with signature, but they all generate the same failure > message: "Malformed database". > > It is going to take me a very long time to patch the code to make it > generate different er

Re: [Clamav-users] Malformed database problem

2008-08-07 Thread Kris Deugau
Chambers, Phil wrote: > I have a local ndb file containing signatures of some spear phishing > attacks targeted specifically at us. > > I recently added another signature and it cause clamd to shut down! I'm afraid I can't help much with solving your problem, but I certainly know what you're goi

Re: [Clamav-users] Malformed database problem

2008-08-07 Thread Chambers, Phil
> -Original Message- > >The failing signature is: > > > >Email.Phishing.Exeter.0002:0:0,6:44656172{-18}537562736372696 > 265722c{-4 > >} > >5765{-4}617265{-4}63757272656e746c79{-4}6361727279696e672d6f7 > 574{-4}61{ > >- > >4}6d656e7461696e616e6365{-4}70726f63657373{-4}746f{-4}796f757 > 2{-

Re: [Clamav-users] Malformed database problem

2008-08-07 Thread Gerard
On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 16:34:04 +0100 "Chambers, Phil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have a local ndb file containing signatures of some spear phishing >attacks targeted specifically at us. > >I recently added another signature and it cause clamd to shut down! > >Two points: > >1) Surely clamd should

[Clamav-users] Malformed database problem

2008-08-07 Thread Chambers, Phil
I have a local ndb file containing signatures of some spear phishing attacks targeted specifically at us. I recently added another signature and it cause clamd to shut down! Two points: 1) Surely clamd should log the problem but skip the faulty signature and carry on? I am now extremely concern

Re: [Clamav-users] malformed database

2004-10-20 Thread Tomasz Kojm
On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 20:07:24 +0400 Dmitry Alexeyev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe it is interrupted cron job, network issues or anything else. I I don't think so. > am pretty sure nothing changes database files after update. Perhaps it > is even filesystem issue, I don't know. Fingers crosse

Re: [Clamav-users] malformed database

2004-10-20 Thread Dmitry Alexeyev
On Wednesday 20 October 2004 19:50, Tomasz Kojm wrote: > On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 19:40:52 +0400 > > Dmitry Alexeyev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What I meant was if you run similar system, you could probably > > > use my build script, binaries, or config files if you get stuck > > > with the defaul

Re: [Clamav-users] malformed database

2004-10-20 Thread Tomasz Kojm
On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 19:40:52 +0400 Dmitry Alexeyev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What I meant was if you run similar system, you could probably use > > my build script, binaries, or config files if you get stuck with the > > default source or RPM. > > Since you use Linux 2.2 (on x86, I assume?

Re: [Clamav-users] malformed database

2004-10-20 Thread Dmitry Alexeyev
> What I meant was if you run similar system, you could probably use my > build script, binaries, or config files if you get stuck with the > default source or RPM. > Since you use Linux 2.2 (on x86, I assume?) my Linux static binary > should work. Thank you. Looks like I am kinda lost with all t

Re: [Clamav-users] malformed database

2004-10-20 Thread Fajar A. Nugraha
Dmitry Alexeyev wrote: On Wednesday 20 October 2004 17:53, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote: Dmitry Alexeyev wrote: If I remove all cvd files and do database update, clamd starts without problems. If freshclam gets called from cron, I get the following error. Always the same line (2249), on both 0.75

Re: [Clamav-users] malformed database

2004-10-20 Thread Dmitry Alexeyev
On Wednesday 20 October 2004 17:53, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote: > Dmitry Alexeyev wrote: > >If I remove all cvd files and do database update, clamd starts > > without problems. > >If freshclam gets called from cron, I get the following error. > >Always the same line (2249), on both 0.75.1 and 0.80 > >

Re: [Clamav-users] malformed database

2004-10-20 Thread Fajar A. Nugraha
Dmitry Alexeyev wrote: If I remove all cvd files and do database update, clamd starts without problems. If freshclam gets called from cron, I get the following error. Always the same line (2249), on both 0.75.1 and 0.80 Now HOW did you update your database without freshclam? manually copy .

[Clamav-users] malformed database

2004-10-20 Thread Dmitry Alexeyev
Hi, I've got a strange problem I cannot track down. After clean databases update, clamd refuses to start: Starting Clam AntiVirus Daemon: clamdLibClamAV debug: Setting /var/tmp as global temporary directory LibClamAV debug: Loading databases from /var/lib/clamav LibClamAV debug: Loading /var