[clamav-users] Virus def download results in 403 Forbidden

[Richard]

> Date: Friday, March 05, 2021 09:58:52 -0800
> From: Ritch Parker <ritch at mixxum.com>
>
> Yesterday, for some reason, all my AWS VMs receive a 403 Forbidden
> response from clamav when attempting to pull the latest cvd files.
> I’ve tried from two different instances, from a lambda, and then
> from my local machine. All result in the same response:
> 
> $ wget http://database.clamav.net/daily.cvd
> --2021-03-05 09:47:46--  http://database.clamav.net/daily.cvd
> Resolving database.clamav.net (database.clamav.net)...
> 104.16.218.84, 104.16.219.84 Connecting to database.clamav.net
> (database.clamav.net)|104.16.218.84|:80... connected. HTTP request
> sent, awaiting response... 403 Forbidden
> 2021-03-05 09:47:48 ERROR 403: Forbidden.
> 
> Not sure how I can resolve this.  Is this temporary?  I been
> checking once every 4 hours and no change.
> 

See the message(s) posted on this topic yesterday:

Rate Limiting Downloads


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