[clamav-users] Virus database not updated since 14th July 2021

[Jerzy Witwinowski]

Hello!


I've spent last two hours trying to find a solution, but I failed. I 
realized today that my virus database on my personal computer at home 
(an old PC running the last version of KDE Neon) hasn't been updated 
since 14th July 2021. When I tried to update manually, I've got the 
information that I'm blocked by the CDN (cool-down etc.). I followed the 
instructions in order to manually lower the number of times per day 
Clamfresh is trying to fetch the updates from 24 to 1, increase the 
Retrieve Timeout to 900,k etc. in the config file - but if the system 
has been unable to fetch ANY updates for the past NINE MONTHS, I doubt 
it will solve the problem... I want to emphasize that this is the only 
computer at my home that connects to the internet daily... I connect 
through Bouygues (one of the biggest internet providers in France)  via 
ADSL - and I'm a bit afraid that ClamAV's CDN is treating all the 
customers of Bouygues as if they were a single company or organization - 
which renders the use of Avast for hundreds of people impossible (I'm 
writing "hundreds", but I have no clue what is the proportion of Linux / 
ClamAV users among the millions of customers of Bouygues)... I'm stuck 
and I have absolutely no idea what to do... Please, help.


Best,

Jerzy Witwinowski