[clamav-users] Corrupt database and failure to start

[G.W. Haywood]

Hi there,

On Sun, 1 Jan 2017,  Alexwrote:

>>>> Wed Dec 28 19:05:52 2016 -> Downloading securiteinfo.hdb [*]
>>>> Wed Dec 28 19:05:54 2016 -> WARNING: [LibClamAV] cli_loadhash: Problem
>>>> parsing database at line 3416821
>>>> Wed Dec 28 19:05:54 2016 -> WARNING: [LibClamAV] Can't load
>>>> /var/lib/clamav/clamav-a0e1b3646bf0af582c18764ec2fd4
>
> These messages are occurring again. The securiteinfo.hdb database is
> again corrupt.
>
> Please, how can we prevent this from taking down my system again?

The simplest thing you can do in the short term is not download the
offending database.  Then at your leisure you can find or write a
simple script, which tests the downloaded database and only installs
it for ClamAV if it passes the test.  I believe you might find a link
to such a script on the Sanesecurity Website.

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73,
Ged.