pandu at poluan
Aug 21, 2008, 7:51 AM
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Re: Clamd error or am I doing something stupid ?
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Ahh, thanks for the pointer, Bret.
I'll check them out.
( I'm not Phil, but I am likewise interested in these issues. )
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On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 9:42 PM, Bret Miller <bret.miller [at] wcg> wrote:
> This build of clamAV isn't keeping up any more. I suspect that Nigel has
> gotten busy with real work and hasn't had the time, and no one else has
> stepped in to help maintain it. Volunteers?
>
> That said, you might try one of the other Windows builds:
>
> http://hideout.ath.cx/clamav
> http://oss.netfarm.it/clamav/
> http://www.sosdg.org/clamav-win32
>
> SOSDG uses CYGWIN, which some people dislike as not "truly native" Windows.
> CYGWIN an emulation layer. The other two, in theory, use a common codebase
> and should be generally the same version.
>
> Having used pretty much all the Windows builds at one point or another,
> SOSDG seems to get new versions turned around the quickest most of the
> time--this being one exception. Brielle did warn us that there would be a
> break for about 6 weeks this time. I don't find that CYGWIN slows it down
> any compared to the other builds, but I also do not like the directory
> structure that it uses. Even so, it's what my server is running now since it
> was the newest version the last time I needed to do an upgrade.
>
> Bret
>
>
>
> Phil (Medway Hosting) wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Phil (Medway Hosting)" <phil [at] medwayhosting>
> > To: <clamav-win32 [at] lists>
> > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 3:25 AM
> > Subject: [clamav-win32] Clamd error or am I doing something stupid ?
> >
> >
> >
> >> Clamd does not seem to be running as a service. When I try
> >> running Clamd in a DOS window I get the following:
> >>
> >
> > Replying to self !!
> >
> > Ok - after much fiddling and trial and error I finally got it going on a
> > Win2000pro machine with an old version of Merak.
> >
> > I still have a question remaining if someone would be so kind as to
> > elucidate:- I still get messages saying the version I have is out of
> date
> > when running freshclam (as follows):
> >
> > C:\Program Files\clamAV>freshclam
> > ClamAV update process started at Wed Aug 20 22:09:28 2008
> > SECURITY WARNING: NO SUPPORT FOR DIGITAL SIGNATURES
> > See the FAQ at http://www.clamav.net/support/faq for an explanation.
> > Reading CVD header (main.cvd): OK (IMS)
> > main.cvd is up to date (version: 47, sigs: 312304, f-level: 31, builder:
> > sven)
> > Reading CVD header (daily.cvd): OK
> > Downloading daily-8060.cdiff [100%]
> > daily.cld updated (version: 8060, sigs: 85204, f-level: 33, builder:
> > mcichosz)
> > WARNING: Your ClamAV installation is OUTDATED!
> > WARNING: Current functionality level = 27, recommended = 33
> > DON'T PANIC! Read http://www.clamav.net/support/faq
> > Database updated (397508 signatures) from db.UK.clamav.net (IP:
> > 193.1.193.64)
> > Clamd successfully notified about the update.
> >
> > The thing is that as far as I can see I HAVE the latest version (win32)
> > (0.92.1) unless I am missing something somewhere ? Does the Win32 version
> > lag a way behind Linux etc ?
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> > Phil
> >
> >
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