[clamav-users] clamav DOA

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On Thu, 18 Nov 2021, Cody Allen wrote:

> fair enough, i really dont need the lecture, i happen to manage more than just 1 application. yes i may sound like im grumbling. these kind of responses are exactly why i dont post questions. as far as your opinion keep it to yourself, its unproductive and benfits nothing.

thanks cody
it benefits those of us who read these messages to learn

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>> On Nov 18, 2021, at 8:26 AM, G.W. Haywood via clamav-users <clamav-users at lists.clamav.net> wrote:
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>> Hi there,
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>> On Thu, 18 Nov 2021, Cody Allen wrote:
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>>>>> ... frustrated, have spent days with a broken clamav nothing seems
>>>>> to work to download the db. ...
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>> You could at least have subscribed to the announcements list.  This is
>> from two months ago and is especially relevant to you:
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>> https://blog.clamav.net/2021/09/changes-to-clamav-end-of-life-policy.html
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>> See also
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>> https://blog.clamav.net/2020/07/freshclam-cdiffs-effect-on-bandwidth.html
>> https://blog.clamav.net/2021/04/clamav-01032-security-patch-release.html
>> https://blog.clamav.net/2021/11/clamav-01034-and-01041-patch-releases.html
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>> If you'd read these you'd have been warned well in advance and there'd
>> have been no need to grumble on this list that something which you get
>> for free (and which is apparently rather important to you) has stopped
>> working because you didn't bother to maintain it properly.
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>>> its frustrating that we're blaming network connectivity instead of
>>> that its too old ...
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>> Your interpretation of
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>>>>> WARNING: Your ClamAV installation is OUTDATED!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
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>> differs from mine.
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>> Please also look at
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>> https://www.debian.org/News/2020/20200709
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>> which tells you that long-term support for Debian 8 (Jessie) ended
>> more than a year ago.  There is little excuse for running Debian 8
>> sixteen months after its end of life.  If you absolutely must run it,
>> then at least have the good grace to understand the implications and
>> for heaven's sake take this stuff seriously.  If you don't, you're a
>> problem for the rest of us just waiting to happen.
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>> --
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>> 73,
>> Ged.
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