[clamav-users] Freshclam or clamav-database

[Bob Williams]

I installed clamav from the openSUSE repositories. Every few days, the openSUSE update repository offers an updated version of the clamav-database, which I download.

OTOH, I see that freshclam also runs, but the logs say:

08:59 bob at blackbox:~> journalctl -u freshclam
-- Logs begin at Wed 2017-07-12 08:57:12 BST, end at Wed 2017-07-12 09:03:00 BST. --
Jul 12 08:57:43 blackbox systemd[1]: Starting Freshclam virus definitions downloader...
Jul 12 08:57:43 blackbox freshclam[3321]: freshclam daemon 0.99.2 (OS: linux-gnu, ARCH: x86_64, CPU: x86_64)
Jul 12 08:57:43 blackbox freshclam[3321]: ClamAV update process started at Wed Jul 12 08:57:43 2017
Jul 12 08:57:43 blackbox systemd[1]: Started Freshclam virus definitions downloader.
Jul 12 08:57:43 blackbox freshclam[3321]: main.cld is up to date (version: 58, sigs: 4566249, f-level: 60, build
Jul 12 08:57:43 blackbox freshclam[3321]: Downloading daily-23550.cdiff [100%]
Jul 12 08:57:43 blackbox freshclam[3321]: Downloading daily-23551.cdiff [100%]
Jul 12 08:57:43 blackbox freshclam[3321]: Downloading daily-23552.cdiff [100%]
Jul 12 08:57:43 blackbox freshclam[3321]: Downloading daily-23553.cdiff [100%]
Jul 12 08:57:45 blackbox freshclam[3321]: daily.cld updated (version: 23553, sigs: 1739483, f-level: 63, builder
Jul 12 08:57:45 blackbox freshclam[3321]: Downloading bytecode-306.cdiff [100%]
Jul 12 08:57:45 blackbox freshclam[3321]: bytecode.cld updated (version: 306, sigs: 65, f-level: 63, builder: ra
Jul 12 08:57:46 blackbox freshclam[3321]: Database updated (6305797 signatures) from database.clamav.net (IP: 81
Jul 12 08:57:46 blackbox freshclam[3321]: Clamd was NOT notified: Can't connect to clamd through /var/run/clamav
Jul 12 08:57:46 blackbox freshclam[3321]: --------------------------------------

Which update method is best, and if it's freshclam, how do I get it to notify clamd?

Regards, Bob
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Bob Williams
   System:  Linux 4.4.74-18.20-default
   Distro:  openSUSE 42.2 (x86_64)
   Desktop: KDE Frameworks: 5.26.0, Qt: 5.6.1 and Plasma: 5.8.2
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