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Why does Clamav not update itself?

Asked by a-r-k-i-b-o-t-t

After some failed update trials with freshclam -v it only tells me, that some Files are up to date. But it is not working anyway, and tells it this way:

WARNING: Your ClamAV installation is OUTDATED!
WARNING: Local version: 0.90.2 Recommended version: 0.91.1

DON'T PANIC! Read http://www.clamav.net/support/faq

Well, why isn't it working? I could go with an outdated Version, if it would do anything.. but it won't run... :(

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Mathias Uebelacker (muebelacker) said : 		#1

Hello,
did you installed clamav via synaptic? If not there is an easy way to correct your problem: remove your installed version, install clamav via synaptic with the update daemon and everything works fine.
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Mathias

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Endolith (endolith) said : 		#2

This is what it says when installed from Synaptic.

"Warning: No virus definitions found! If you are sure you have definitions installed, please inform the developer where your definitions are held so the paths can be added."

When I run "sudo freshclam" I get:

"
ClamAV update process started at Fri Feb 8 00:20:06 2008
WARNING: Your ClamAV installation is OUTDATED!
WARNING: Local version: 0.91.2 Recommended version: 0.92
DON'T PANIC! Read http://www.clamav.net/support/faq
main.inc is up to date (version: 45, sigs: 169676, f-level: 21, builder: sven)
daily.cvd is up to date (version: 5733, sigs: 37569, f-level: 21, builder: ccordes)
"

And clamtk still gives the same error afterwards. What do I do?

Also, isn't freshclam supposed to be automatic?

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Endolith (endolith) said : 		#3

"did you installed clamav via synaptic?"

if so,

"install clamav via synaptic with the update daemon"

What's the difference? You're installing with Synaptic both ways. Can you explain what you mean by this?

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