[clamav-users] Clam updates failing

[G.W. Haywood]

Hi there,

On Thu, 21 Oct 2021, Ben Argyle via clamav-users wrote:

> Has anyone been having trouble downloading updates for the last 20
> hours or so?  ...

Yesterday I saw a couple of warnings about the DNS record being old,
but apart from that things seem to have been working OK here:

8<----------------------------------------------------------------------
# grep '\(WARNING\|updated\)' freshclam.log | grep Oct
Fri Oct  1 14:31:19 2021 -> daily.cld updated (version: 26309, sigs: 1938021, f-level: 90, builder: raynman)
Sat Oct  2 14:31:46 2021 -> daily.cld updated (version: 26310, sigs: 1938358, f-level: 90, builder: raynman)
Sun Oct  3 14:32:11 2021 -> daily.cld updated (version: 26311, sigs: 1938403, f-level: 90, builder: raynman)
Mon Oct  4 14:32:37 2021 -> daily.cld updated (version: 26312, sigs: 1938566, f-level: 90, builder: raynman)
Tue Oct  5 14:33:04 2021 -> daily.cld updated (version: 26313, sigs: 1938591, f-level: 90, builder: raynman)
Wed Oct  6 14:33:31 2021 -> daily.cld updated (version: 26314, sigs: 1936674, f-level: 90, builder: raynman)
Thu Oct  7 14:33:58 2021 -> daily.cld updated (version: 26315, sigs: 1937073, f-level: 90, builder: raynman)
Fri Oct  8 14:57:04 2021 -> daily.cld updated (version: 26316, sigs: 1937500, f-level: 90, builder: raynman)
Sat Oct  9 14:57:30 2021 -> daily.cld updated (version: 26317, sigs: 1937925, f-level: 90, builder: raynman)
Sun Oct 10 14:57:57 2021 -> daily.cld updated (version: 26318, sigs: 1938389, f-level: 90, builder: raynman)
Mon Oct 11 14:58:27 2021 -> daily.cld updated (version: 26319, sigs: 1938514, f-level: 90, builder: raynman)
Tue Oct 12 14:58:58 2021 -> daily.cld updated (version: 26320, sigs: 1938820, f-level: 90, builder: raynman)
Wed Oct 13 14:59:27 2021 -> daily.cld updated (version: 26321, sigs: 1937534, f-level: 90, builder: raynman)
Thu Oct 14 14:59:55 2021 -> daily.cld updated (version: 26322, sigs: 1937919, f-level: 90, builder: raynman)
Fri Oct 15 15:00:24 2021 -> daily.cld updated (version: 26323, sigs: 1938157, f-level: 90, builder: raynman)
Sat Oct 16 15:00:51 2021 -> daily.cld updated (version: 26324, sigs: 1938581, f-level: 90, builder: raynman)
Sun Oct 17 15:01:17 2021 -> daily.cld updated (version: 26325, sigs: 1938699, f-level: 90, builder: raynman)
Mon Oct 18 15:01:41 2021 -> daily.cld updated (version: 26326, sigs: 1938868, f-level: 90, builder: raynman)
Tue Oct 19 15:02:08 2021 -> daily.cld updated (version: 26327, sigs: 1938950, f-level: 90, builder: raynman)
Wed Oct 20 15:02:12 2021 -> WARNING: DNS record is older than 3 hours.
Wed Oct 20 21:02:13 2021 -> WARNING: DNS record is older than 3 hours.
Thu Oct 21 03:02:36 2021 -> daily.cld updated (version: 26328, sigs: 1939034, f-level: 90, builder: raynman)
8<----------------------------------------------------------------------
# >>> grep 'Oct 20' freshclam.log 
Wed Oct 20 03:02:09 2021 -> Received signal: wake up
Wed Oct 20 03:02:10 2021 -> ClamAV update process started at Wed Oct 20 03:02:09 2021
Wed Oct 20 03:02:10 2021 -> daily.cld database is up-to-date (version: 26327, sigs: 1938950, f-level: 90, builder: raynman)
Wed Oct 20 03:02:10 2021 -> main.cld database is up-to-date (version: 62, sigs: 6647427, f-level: 90, builder: sigmgr)
Wed Oct 20 03:02:10 2021 -> bytecode.cld database is up-to-date (version: 333, sigs: 92, f-level: 63, builder: awillia2)
Wed Oct 20 03:02:10 2021 -> --------------------------------------
Wed Oct 20 09:02:10 2021 -> Received signal: wake up
Wed Oct 20 09:02:10 2021 -> ClamAV update process started at Wed Oct 20 09:02:10 2021
Wed Oct 20 09:02:10 2021 -> daily.cld database is up-to-date (version: 26327, sigs: 1938950, f-level: 90, builder: raynman)
Wed Oct 20 09:02:10 2021 -> main.cld database is up-to-date (version: 62, sigs: 6647427, f-level: 90, builder: sigmgr)
Wed Oct 20 09:02:10 2021 -> bytecode.cld database is up-to-date (version: 333, sigs: 92, f-level: 63, builder: awillia2)
Wed Oct 20 09:02:10 2021 -> --------------------------------------
Wed Oct 20 15:02:10 2021 -> Received signal: wake up
Wed Oct 20 15:02:11 2021 -> ClamAV update process started at Wed Oct 20 15:02:10 2021
Wed Oct 20 15:02:12 2021 -> WARNING: DNS record is older than 3 hours.
Wed Oct 20 15:02:12 2021 -> Trying to retrieve CVD header from https://database.clamav.net/daily.cvd
Wed Oct 20 15:02:13 2021 -> daily.cld database is up-to-date (version: 26327, sigs: 1938950, f-level: 90, builder: raynman)
Wed Oct 20 15:02:13 2021 -> Trying to retrieve CVD header from https://database.clamav.net/main.cvd
Wed Oct 20 15:02:13 2021 -> main.cld database is up-to-date (version: 62, sigs: 6647427, f-level: 90, builder: sigmgr)
Wed Oct 20 15:02:13 2021 -> Trying to retrieve CVD header from https://database.clamav.net/bytecode.cvd
Wed Oct 20 15:02:13 2021 -> bytecode.cld database is up-to-date (version: 333, sigs: 92, f-level: 63, builder: awillia2)
Wed Oct 20 15:02:13 2021 -> --------------------------------------
Wed Oct 20 21:02:13 2021 -> Received signal: wake up
Wed Oct 20 21:02:13 2021 -> ClamAV update process started at Wed Oct 20 21:02:13 2021
Wed Oct 20 21:02:13 2021 -> WARNING: DNS record is older than 3 hours.
Wed Oct 20 21:02:14 2021 -> Trying to retrieve CVD header from https://database.clamav.net/daily.cvd
Wed Oct 20 21:02:14 2021 -> daily.cld database is up-to-date (version: 26327, sigs: 1938950, f-level: 90, builder: raynman)
Wed Oct 20 21:02:14 2021 -> Trying to retrieve CVD header from https://database.clamav.net/main.cvd
Wed Oct 20 21:02:15 2021 -> main.cld database is up-to-date (version: 62, sigs: 6647427, f-level: 90, builder: sigmgr)
Wed Oct 20 21:02:15 2021 -> Trying to retrieve CVD header from https://database.clamav.net/bytecode.cvd
Wed Oct 20 21:02:15 2021 -> bytecode.cld database is up-to-date (version: 333, sigs: 92, f-level: 63, builder: awillia2)
Wed Oct 20 21:02:15 2021 -> --------------------------------------
8<----------------------------------------------------------------------

AFAICT I've only seen that DNS age warning once before - early in
August 2021.

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73,
Ged.