[clamav-users] Please help

[Eric Tykwinski]

Jan,

Look in clamd.conf for something like:

LocalSocket /var/run/clamav/clamd.ctl
FixStaleSocket true
LocalSocketGroup clamav
LocalSocketMode 666

or

TCPSocket 3310
TCPAddr xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

Sincerely,

Eric Tykwinski
TrueNet, Inc.
P: 610-429-8300

-----Original Message-----
From: clamav-users <clamav-users-bounces at lists.clamav.net> On Behalf Of Jan
Elliott
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2022 3:05 PM
To: clamd user questions <clamav-users at lists.clamav.net>
Subject: [clamav-users] Please help

TO:  "clamd user questions" <clamav-users at lists.clamav.net>

QUESTION:  When I try to execute the command "clamd"  I get the following
message:
   ERROR: Please define server type (local and/or TCP)

BACKGROUND; I worked in Bell Labs for 17 years, where I learned UNIX. After
leaving, I got assistance from a former co-worker to install Linux on my
laptop in 2002.
Since then, I've used Fedora Red Hat versions 12, 24, and recently had my
laptop upgraded to version 36. My experience with system administration is
limited and I no longer have someone with UNIX/Linux admin knowledge to
assist me. The person who installed Fedora v36 suggested I try CLAMD to get
rid of a virus/whatever that apparently infected my Chrome browser when I
went to a music site I had been using for several years; the site now causes
continual pornographic pop-ups!!

I also have a Firefox browser and used it to download a new Chrome after I
deleted the infected one, but I still get the pop-ups. Was able to install
CLAMD (rpm) and have read most of the man pages I could find, and checked
what configuration files, etc., I could find, but still get the ERROR
message.  What do I need to read, edit, run, etc. to successfully get the
"clamd" command to work.

HELP, please!!!   Thanx,  Jan Elliott

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