[clamav-users] Failed to load new database: Malformed database

[Todd Aiken]

Having the same problem with one of my Linux servers, also running 0.98.7.

(No I can't upgrade it... not yet anyways.)


Todd A. Aiken
Systems Analyst & Administrator
ITS Department
BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY
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-----Original Message-----
From: clamav-users <clamav-users-bounces at lists.clamav.net> on behalf of Albert Park <apark at icsi.berkeley.edu>
Reply-To: ClamAV users ML <clamav-users at lists.clamav.net>
Date: Friday, June 16, 2017 at 12:55 PM
To: "clamav-users at lists.clamav.net" <clamav-users at lists.clamav.net>
Subject: [clamav-users] Failed to load new database: Malformed database

    Since June 15th we haven't been able to download a version of the 
    database that our installation will take. We're using the RHEL provided 
    version 0.98.7. We are getting the following for every freshclam run:
    
    -> ERROR: Failed to load new database: Malformed database
    -> ERROR: During database load : ERROR: Failed to load new database: 
    Malformed database
    -> WARNING: Database load exited with status 55
    -> ERROR: Failed to load new database
    
    We also went to clamav.net and manually downloaded the current database 
    files:
    
    http://database.clamav.net/main.cvd
    http://database.clamav.net/daily.cvd
    http://database.clamav.net/bytecode.cvd
    
    Trying to load them into clamd resulted in:
    
    -> Reading databases from /var/lib/clamav
    -> ERROR: reload db failed: Malformed database
    -> Terminating because of a fatal error.
    -> Pid file removed.
    -> --- Stopped at Fri Jun 16 09:45:06 2017
    -> Socket file removed.
    
    Thanks in advance for any assistance!
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