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

Joel Esler (jesler) jesler at cisco.com
Fri Mar 5 18:20:54 UTC 2021


Are you using Freshclam to download the updates?

> On Mar 5, 2021, at 12:58 PM, Ritch Parker <ritch at mixxum.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> 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.
> 
> Thanks
> 
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