Hello,

I’m getting the following error on clamav on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS when I look at the service status:

Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/clamav-daemon.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)

  Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/clamav-daemon.service.d

           └─extend.conf

   Active: active (running) since Tue 2018-10-09 12:12:22 EDT; 4s ago

     Docs: man:clamd(8)

           man:clamd.conf(5)

https://www.clamav.net/documents/

  Process: 14202 ExecStartPre=/bin/chown clamav /run/clamav (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

  Process: 14199 ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir /run/clamav (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Main PID: 14207 (clamd)

    Tasks: 1

   Memory: 225.1M

      CPU: 3.902s

   CGroup: /system.slice/clamav-daemon.service

           └─14207 /usr/sbin/clamd --foreground=true

Oct 09 12:12:22 hermes systemd[1]: Starting Clam AntiVirus userspace daemon...

Oct 09 12:12:22 hermes systemd[1]: Started Clam AntiVirus userspace daemon.

Oct 09 12:12:22 hermes mkdir[14199]: /bin/mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/run/clamav’: File exists

Can someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks