[clamav-users] Unable to run freshclam on Debian Jessie

[Theodore Alcapotaxis]

--- debian at kitterman.com wrote:

>From: Scott Kitterman <debian at kitterman.com>
>To: clamav-users at lists.clamav.net
>Subject: Re: [clamav-users] Unable to run freshclam on Debian Jessie
>Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 23:02:19 -0500
>
>What are you trying to accomplish?

I was trying to update the virus database and signatures.

>By default in Debian freshclam is run as a daemon and regularly updates the virus signatures.  If you
>want to run it by hand for some reason, you'll need to stop the daemon first:

Thanks, I didn't know that.

>From your reply I infer that the error messages that popped up on my screen were due to the fact that I had not disabled the freshclam daemon that was already running in the background.



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