[clamav-users] clamAV: problem in DB update

Cedric Bhihe cedric.bhihe at gmail.com
Sat Jan 21 16:22:52 UTC 2017


Hello,
I run clamAV 0.99.2 on Ubuntu 14.04 (kernel 4.4.0-62-generic #83) direct 
from cli and have automated DB updates configured. I do not use clamTK 
at all as I do not usually run a desktop gui on that box. My question is 
about DB updates. I have not had one update in the past 4 or 5 weeks. Is 
this normal ?

The mail sent to root when the daily DB update process has completed 
always is :

	ClamAV update process started at Thu Jan 19 13:00:01 2017
	main.cvd is up to date (version: 57, sigs: 4218790, f-level: 60, builder: amishhammer)
	Downloading daily-22909.cdiff [100%]
	Downloading daily-22910.cdiff [100%]
	Downloading daily-22911.cdiff [100%]
	Downloading daily-22912.cdiff [100%]
	Downloading daily-22913.cdiff [100%]
	daily.cld updated (version: 22913, sigs: 1381786, f-level: 63, builder: neo)
	bytecode.cld is up to date (version: 285, sigs: 57, f-level: 63, builder: bbaker)
	Database updated (5600633 signatures) from db.us.clamav.net (IP: 64.22.33.90)

There is never an update apparently and I smell something fishy (no pun intended).
Because I ran that particular box behind a proxy (Privoxy), I included the following in/ etc/clamav/freshclam.conf:
	HTTPProxyServer 127.0.0.1
	HTTPProxyPort 8118

I changed my mirror settings to check that there wasn't a pbm related to one mirror not being updated.
They are:
	Checks 24
	DatabaseMirror db.us.clamav.net
	DatabaseMirror db.de.clamav.net
	DatabaseMirror db.jp.clamav.net
	DatabaseMirror db.local.clamav.net
	DatabaseMirror database.clamav.net

Can somebody help me understand what I am doing wrong in the config ?

Thank you, -cedric




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