> From: clamav-users <clamav-users-bounces@lists.clamav.net> on behalf of Lo Nelson via clamav-users <clamav-users@lists.clamav.net>

> Reply-To: ClamAV users ML <clamav-users@lists.clamav.net>

> Date: Monday, March 8, 2021 at 8:49 AM

> To: "clamav-users@lists.clamav.net" <clamav-users@lists.clamav.net>

> Cc: Lo Nelson <nelo_1990@hotmail.com>

> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [clamav-users] Not able to use curl to download the cvd files successfully

>

> Dear Clamav support,

>

> May I know why I am not able to use curl to download the cvd files successfully? The cvd files show error code 1020. Thank you.

This is Cloudfare "protecting" the ClamAV website.  You can bypass it by sending a fake user agent string, like this:

curl -A "Mozilla/5.0" http://database.clamav.net/daily.cvd --output daily.cvd

or using wget:

wget --user-agent "Mozilla/5.0" http://database.clamav.net/daily.cvd''

Todd A. Aiken

Systems Analyst & Administrator

ITS Department

BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY

2600 College Street

Sherbrooke, Quebec

CANADA   J1M 1Z7

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