CVD extraction failure

Glenn Steen glenn.steen at gmail.com
Tue Sep 2 16:56:43 IST 2008


2008/9/2 Steve Campbell <campbell at cnpapers.com>

>
>
> Glenn Steen wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> 2008/8/29 Steve Campbell <campbell at cnpapers.com <mailto:
>> campbell at cnpapers.com>>
>>
>>    I hate to ask a question about old version stuff, but we're in the
>>    middle of some changes here that just do not let me get around to
>>    updating MS. I'm running *MailScanner has detected a possible
>>    fraud attempt from "4.58.9." claiming to be* 4.58.9. <http://4.58.9.>
>>
>>    I started updating the world of Clam/SA and got stopped before I
>>    could get to MS. I now see "ERROR: CVD extraction failure"
>>    messages in my log file. I'm assuming this has to do with new
>>    ClamAV/ old MS and did my best to try and find where the message
>>    is coming from. Couldn't find a clue in any of the update scripts,
>>    etc.
>>
>>    Any help would be appreciated, and any explanation as to the
>>    severity of the messge would be gratefully appreciated also.
>>
>>    Thanks
>>
>>    Steve Campbell
>>
>> Do you get the same from freshclam? The clamav-autoupdate basically just
>> run freshclam...
>> Perhaps you have multiple clamav installed (or "leftovers" from more than
>> one)? Check your virus.scanners.conf for the relevant one you are using:).
>> As always, one install of the latest stable is best.
>> The error itself is ... pretty sever, I'd think, since you will lack
>> proper updates until fixed.
>>
>> Cheers
>> --
>>
>>
> Thanks Glenn,
>
> I checked freshclam, ran it manually, and found that the log file wasn't
> created. I touched the file, re-modded it to 777, and ran freshclam, and all
> was well. But I am still getting the CVD errors. I had checked the
> update-wrapper and autoupdate scripts before inquiring and saw nothing that
> looked wrong. For all I know, this may not even be Clam, now that I think
> about it, as the error log entry just says MailScanner, so it could be
> Bitdefender instead. I removed bitdefender and reloaded MS, but still am
> seeing the error, so I believe it is Clam related.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Steve

Do you run clamavmodule? Then I'd guess at a Mail::Clamav/libclamav
mismatch... What version of clamav did you move to?

Cheers
-- 
-- Glenn
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