On Oct 23, 2020, at 5:36 PM, Ilana Olsen via clamav-users <clamav-users@lists.clamav.net> wrote:
Ok if you remove the # sign that tells it to scan it.JessicaOn Fri, Oct 23, 2020, 4:41 PM Mark Fortescue via clamav-users <clamav-users@lists.clamav.net> wrote:Hi,
Have you tried C:\\Windows or C:/Windows.
Just a thought.
Regards
Mark.
On 23/10/2020 19:46, Marcy Rogers via clamav-users wrote:
> Ged
>
> Thank you for the advice.
>
> When I installed Clamav for Windows, the install places the Clamav in
> the c:\program files.
> I followed the instructions for installing Clamav for Windows and placed
> the clamd.conf file in the c:\program files\clamav.
> I ran powershell as an admin and edited the clamd.conf file. I will
> attach the config file that I am using.
> In the config file, you will see this.
> # Don't scan files and directories matching regex
> # This directive can be used multiple times
> # Default: scan all
> #ExcludePath "C:\temp"
> ExcludePath "C:\Windows"
>
> I have removed the # sign in front of the "c:\windows" because I want to
> exclude it from being scanned.
> The C:Windows is still being scanned even though I have told Clamd.exe
> not to scan that directory.
> But
> # Perform a database check.
> # Default: 600 (10 min)
> SelfCheck 3600
>
> This was set at 600 before I changed it to 3600 minutes. Clamd.exe is
> reading to do a selfcheck every 3600 minutes but it is not reading to
> excludepath "c:\windows"
>
> I have tried to force it to read the clamd.conf and it still scans the
> c:\windows directory even if it is excluded.
>
>
>
> Added my config file as a text file hoping someone can help me out. I
> have been working on this for 4 months now. I am scanning but it is
> taking over 5 hours to scan and I would like to cut that down by not
> scanning the Window directory.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marcy
>
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 2:26 PM G.W. Haywood via clamav-users
> <clamav-users@lists.clamav.net <mailto:clamav-users@lists.clamav.net>>
> wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> On Fri, 23 Oct 2020, Marcy Rogers via clamav-users wrote:
>
> > Good Morning,
>
> Good evening. :)
>
> > I have Clamav on Windows Servers. I am running clamd.exe in
> powershell
> > with this command, .\clamd.exe
> >
> > Do you need to put the config file in there for clamd.exe to read
> it? I
> > understood that just running clamd.exe should read the config file.
>
> Most tools which use a configuration file will have a 'default'
> location (often more than one location) where they will look for a
> configuration file if they aren't told where to look for it in the
> command itself. The clamd daemon has such a default but I don't know
> what it is for your system, you should be able to find documentation
> which tells you. The same documentation will tell you how to specify
> the location of the file on the command line.
>
> > I am asking because the clamd.exe is not reading my config file
> because I
> > have excluded c:windows but it is still scanning c:\windows folder.
>
> To be clear, are we talking about the 'ExcludePath' directive?
>
> Sometimes tools are fussy about the precise syntax of configration
> options. If your clamd is reading the configuration file which you
> think it is reading and you have properly set the exclusion in the
> configuration then you may need to experiment with the syntax. As I
> don't use clamd on Windows I have no experience to offer but I'm sure
> that someone else here will.
>
> The clamd daemon does not itself scan things from the command line.
> Another tool such as clamdscan (which uses clamd to do the scan) or
> clamscan (which doesn't) will do that. So if you run clamd.exe from
> the command line would not expect a scan to take place immediately,
> all that I'd expect to happen is that the daemon would be started.
>
> --
>
> 73,
> Ged.
>
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