[Clamav-devel] [Clamav-announce] ClamAV® blog: ClamAV 0.103.2 security patch release

[Gary R. Schmidt]

On 02/05/2021 03:29, Benny Pedersen wrote:
> On 2021-05-01 17:48, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:
> 
>> Freshclam works for everybody who follows the rules, work out what you
>> are doing that violates those rules, and stop doing it.
> 
> willing to share your freshclamd.conf ?
> 
> or make daily.cvd public ?
> 
> sorry, you need help
> 
> should i just dissable freshclamd and run it daily :/
> Well, here's the diff between my freshclam.conf and freshclam.conf.sample:
$ diff /opt/local/etc/freshclam.conf /opt/local/etc/freshclam.conf.sample
8c8
< # Example
---
> Example
30c30
< LogTime yes
---
> #LogTime yes
34c34
< LogVerbose yes
---
> #LogVerbose yes
38c38
< LogSyslog yes
---
> #LogSyslog yes
54c54
< PidFile /var/run/freshclam.pid
---
> #PidFile /var/run/freshclam.pid
148c148
< NotifyClamd /opt/local/etc/clamd.conf
---
> #NotifyClamd /path/to/clamd.conf

I start freshclam when the system starts, so it just sits there and 
check for new data every 2 hours, the default.  I seldom see it do an 
update more often than once a day, but why risk anything?

It just works, and has worked for years.

NOTE: I build from source, and keep up to date.

	Cheers,
		Gary	B-)