[clamav-win32] Can't run Freshclam

[Nigel Horne]

On Tue, 2006-11-21 at 00:43 -0500, Eric B. wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just downloaded and installed W32 ClamAV devel-20061117/1909/Tue Sep 19 
> 22:58:44 2006  but am unable to run freshclam to update my virus db.
> 
> I ran freshclam with the --debug switch and I get the following output:
> 
> ClamAV update process started at Tue Nov 21 00:26:40 2006
> SECURITY WARNING: NO SUPPORT FOR DIGITAL SIGNATURES
> See the FAQ at http://www.clamav.net/faq.html for an explanation.
> LibClamAV debug: Can't open CVD file main.inc/main.info
> WARNING: Removing corrupted incremental directory main.inc
> WARNING: Removing obsolete main.cvd
> Downloading main.cvd [100%]
> LibClamAV debug: MD5(.tar.gz) = bbd0a1fe83da562a1d6b43e22f4c0626
> LibClamAV debug: Can't open CVD file main.inc/main.info
> ERROR: Can't parse new database

Remove everything from the c:\program files\clamav\data folder (or where
ever your data are held according to freshclam.conf and clamd.conf) and
rerun freshclam. Then report back here.

> Thanks!
> 
> Eric

-Nigel