[clamav-users] Unable to download clamav cvd file using google cloud python function

[Paul Smith]

On 10/03/2021 17:00, Paul Kosinski via clamav-users wrote:
> I wonder how many "ordinary" users of ClamAV are giving up on using it after getting permanent 403s. I would imagine there are lots of people who don't pursue the issue. They may even tell others that ClamAV is unreliable (which would tarnish its reputation).

Indeed. There does seem to be a view from some people here that anyone 
using ClamAV should be regularly updating, monitoring this list, 
monitoring blogs, etc. Ordinary people just don't do that.

I expect many will just be thinking that the database servers are 
broken, and are waiting for them to recover on their own (as they've 
done in the past) and they'll eventually go elsewhere.

The change should really be published everywhere possible - at least in 
big letters on the ClamAV home page, and possibly including going to 
popular computer press, etc.

A blog article (which is actually very hard to find) or announcement 
list post (which is even harder to find) which vaguely says that 
databases won't be tested on older versions isn't quite the same as a 
home page announcement that old versions & wget just won't work any more!

Of course, people have limited rights to complain - it's not like we're 
paying for it.

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Paul


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