[clamav-win32] Re: w32.clamav.net

[Ignasi Prat]

Al 20/09/2006 15:39, En/na Nigel Horne ha escrit:
>> 1) Freshclam still gives always "WARNING: Invalid DNS reply. Falling 
>> back to HTTP mode." I assume you are still working on the dns patch 
>> for freshclam.
> 
> Mark has sent a fix to his patch which I'll test and upload ASAP.
>>
Tested and working here.
>> 2) Clamd and clamscan always claim database is older than 7 days when 
>> freshclam does not update database (because it is up to date) just 
>> after a fresh install. This is not a problem, just a cosmetic issue 
>> that is automatically solved the first time freshclam needs to update 
>> database. In my case I just deleted files in data and called freshclam 
>> and after that all was fine.
> 
> That's because I don't always put the latest signatures in to the
> distribution file.
> 
Don't worry about that, just executing freshclam after installing solves 
the problem as you say.
>> 3) Clamd is never notified by freshclam, because it claims: [WARNING: 
>> Clamd was NOT notified: Can't find or parse configuration file "C:\Prog
>> ram]. In readme says this message means daily and main are not in 
>> documents and settings ¿? what relation has this which clamd being 
>> notified ?
> 
> That is a bug in freshclam. The bug is not Windows specific.
> 
Well, but it seems to be solved with today's build, look what it says 
that after an update:

  C:\Program Files\clamAV>freshclam
  ClamAV update process started at Wed Sep 20 17:15:25 2006
  SECURITY WARNING: NO SUPPORT FOR DIGITAL SIGNATURES
  See the FAQ at http://www.clamav.net/faq.html for an explanation.
  main.cvd is up to date (version: 40, sigs: 64138, f-level: 8, builder: 
tkojm)
  Downloading daily-1910.cdiff [100%]
  daily.cvd updated (version: 1910, sigs: 6066, f-level: 8, builder: 
ccordes)
  Database updated (70204 signatures) from db.UK.clamav.net (IP: 
193.19.98.136)
  Clamd successfully notified about the update.

But haven't seen any line in clamd.log, shouldn't an update be logged in 
clamd.log ?