[clamav-users] Linode Clam AV Updates

[Joel Esler (jesler)]

Please check out cvdupdate or Freshclam for your updates.  Once or twice a day to check is fine. 

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> On Mar 19, 2021, at 23:16, Bill Speidel <bill at energsys.com> wrote:
> 
> hi,
> 
>     thanks for the response...  i'm new to the clam users list... i did see that the freshclam routine was pinging every 5 seconds after getting a 429 error so i stopped freshclam...  then i waited several hours and tried again...  same 420 response...
> 
>     then i tried using cvd update but again got the 429 errors... i only let it run for about seven or eight tries... and am waiting for an entire day to see if that helps...
> 
>     the problem i see is that i don't know if it's my IP in particular, all of linode's IP addresses or a subnet...
> 
>     i block a lot of sites myself (Digital Ocean anyone?) so i understand the desire to stop abusers...  i would be happy to only try updating once every day or two if it's just my IP address...
> 
>     on the other hand if all of Linode is blocked then there's not much i can do...
> 
> ~bill~
> 
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