[clamav-users] clamAV: Re: problem in DB update

[Reindl Harald]

Am 21.01.2017 um 17:49 schrieb Cedric Bhihe:
> Hallo Harald,
> What I am writing about is that in the past few weeks, root has been
> getting a daily email with exactly the content you quoted. It had not
> always been so before.
> In other words I did not use to get a straight 100% update, say a year
> ago, but rather an update process sufficiently long so that the log-
> trace for the db-update would show:  28% ..45% ...87%.. 100%.
> So I am wondering whether I really get an update here or if something
> is wrong. Help welcome, sarcastic or vaguely disparaging comments not.
> Cheers, -cedric

when it says "Database updated" it was updated - period

google for diff and be happy that you need not always download the whole 
monster

> On 21/01/17 17:29, Reindl Harald wrote:
>> Am 21.01.2017 um 17:22 schrieb Cedric Bhihe:
>>> 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)
>>
>> what are you talking about when you even quote "daily.cld updated" and
>> "Database updated (5600633 signatures)"