[clamav-users] clamav DOA

[Maarten Broekman]

Cody, it looks like you’re running ClamAV 0.101.2. That version is too old. If you upgrade to 0.103.4, you should be able to start downloading the db files again. 

What kind of system are you on? Is ClamAV prepackaged for you or did you build from source?

-Maarten
Sent from a tiny keyboard

> On Nov 18, 2021, at 07:09, Cody Allen <cody at infuserveamerica.com> wrote:
> 
> frustrated, have spent days with a broken clamav nothing seems to work to download the db. can someone please shed some light on what is wrong and how to address the problem. running on a debian jessie appliance. at this point im dead in the water, without the databse the service tanks and will not start, freshclam will not download and have found no method to manually get or update the db.
> 
> Using IPv6 aware code
> Max retries == 3
> Querying current.cvd.clamav.net
> TTL: 962
> Software version from DNS: 0.103.4
> WARNING: Your ClamAV installation is OUTDATED!
> WARNING: Local version: 0.101.2 Recommended version: 0.103.4
> DON'T PANIC! Read https://www.clamav.net/documents/upgrading-clamav
> Retrieving http://database.clamav.net/main.cvd
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.218.84 (due to previous errors)
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.219.84 (due to previous errors)
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.218.84 (due to previous errors)
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.219.84 (due to previous errors)
> WARNING: Can't download main.cvd from database.clamav.net
> Trying again in 5 secs...
> _______________________________________________
> 
> clamav-users mailing list
> clamav-users at lists.clamav.net
> https://lists.clamav.net/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users
> 
> 
> Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide:
> https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq
> 
> http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.clamav.net/pipermail/clamav-users/attachments/20211118/d5a289f3/attachment.htm>