ClamAV definitions update problem

[Denis Beauchemin]

Le 2010-05-23 08:59, homyang cha a écrit :
> Hello Ladies and Gentlemen
> Recently I have updated mailscanner to 4.79.11-1 and ClamAV 0.96 and 
> SpamAssassin 3.3.0 easy installation package. in my CentOS 5.5 server, 
> arch x86_64 using postfix as MTA. Everything went well except clamav 
> definitions update. I tried looking for the solutions in documents and 
> support pages of mailscanner plus the list archieves but to no avail. 
> I even tried googling but could not get any solutions. The problem is 
> when i do MailScanner --lint it shows;
>
> LibClamAV Warning: **************************************************
> LibClamAV Warning: ***  The virus database is older than 7 days!  ***
> LibClamAV Warning: ***   Please update it as soon as possible.    ***
> LibClamAV Warning: **************************************************
>
> When I looked at the log file; more /var/log/maillog it shows;
>
> mysystem ClamAV-autoupdate[4827]: ClamAV update warning: ERROR: 
> getpatch: Can't download daily-10848.cdiff from database.clamav.net 
> <http://database.clamav.net>
> mysystem ClamAV-autoupdate[4827]: ClamAV updater failed
> mysystem update.virus.scanners: Found generic installed
> mysystem update.virus.scanners: Running autoupdate for generic
>
> And when I try to update virus definitions manually with command 
> freshclam it shows
>
> ClamAV update process started at Sun May 23 18:55:11 2010
> WARNING: Your ClamAV installation is OUTDATED!
> WARNING: Local version: 0.96 Recommended version: 0.96.1
> DON'T PANIC! Read http://www.clamav.net/support/faq
> main.cld is up to date (version: 52, sigs: 704727, f-level: 44, 
> builder: sven)
> Trying host database.clamav.net <http://database.clamav.net> 
> (61.177.194.226)...
> WARNING: getfile: daily-10848.cdiff not found on remote server (IP: 
> 61.177.194.226)
> WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily-10848.cdiff from 
> database.clamav.net <http://database.clamav.net>
> Trying host database.clamav.net <http://database.clamav.net> 
> (61.177.194.226)...
> WARNING: getfile: daily-10848.cdiff not found on remote server (IP: 
> 61.177.194.226)
> WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily-10848.cdiff from 
> database.clamav.net <http://database.clamav.net>
> Trying host database.clamav.net <http://database.clamav.net> 
> (61.177.194.226)...
>
> What could be the possible reasons for the same? Please help if you 
> have any idea on this or show me the link to the solutions.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Homyang
>

Homyang,

Look into the DatabaseDirectory (mine is /var/clamav) for a file named 
mirrors.dat and delete it. Then run freshclam again. It may help.

Denis

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