ClamAV stopped working with ClamAV Module ERROR:: Could not load databases from /var/clamav

[Kevin Miller]

Also check the location of clamav.  When I updated a few weeks ago, in addition to the user change from clam to clamav they moved the packages from /var/lib/clamav to /var/clamav.  I found clue in the logs in /var/log/clamav/.  Check the freshclam.conf and/or clamd.conf files – they specify the location of the databases.

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From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Jerry Benton
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 4:30 AM
To: MailScanner discussion
Subject: Re: ClamAV stopped working with ClamAV Module ERROR:: Could not load databases from /var/clamav

Is clamd running as the same user as before? They moved from clam to clamav at some version not too long ago.

On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 1:44 PM, Remco Barendse <mailscanner at barendse.to<mailto:mailscanner at barendse.to>> wrote:
Hi list!

It seems ClamAV got updated on my CentOS 5.x machine but since the update,
it stopped working.

I see this error from the /var/log/maillog:
MailScanner[16618]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus  Scanner version 4.84.6 starting...
MailScanner[16618]: Reading configuration file /etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
MailScanner[16618]: Reading configuration file  /etc/MailScanner/conf.d/README
MailScanner[16618]: Read 875 hostnames from the phishing whitelist
MailScanner[16618]: Read 0 hostnames from the phishing blacklists
MailScanner[16618]: Using SpamAssassin results cache
MailScanner[16618]: Connected to SpamAssassin cache database
MailScanner[16618]: Enabling SpamAssassin auto-whitelist functionality...
MailScanner[16618]: I have found clamavmodule scanners installed, and will use them all by default.
MailScanner[16618]: ClamAV Module ERROR:: Could not load databases from /var/clamav

I checked /var/clamav it looks ok, also wiped out the databases there and
then ren freshclam but no luck. Permissions also seem to be ok

Ideas anyone?
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