clamav error

[Lonewolf71]

I was trying to scan my system just for the heck of it, but when I try to update clam I get the error below...

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family@hp-lin:~$ sudo freshclam
[sudo] password for family: 
ERROR: /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log is locked by another process
ERROR: Problem with internal logger (UpdateLogFile = /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log).
ERROR: initialize: libfreshclam init failed.
ERROR: Initialization error!

[jakoline1]

You're getting this error because the clamav-freshclam service is running in the background.

1- Stop it by typing

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sudo systemctl stop clamav-freshclam.service

2- Do the manual update afterwards by typing

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sudo freshclam

3- Stop clamav-freshclam from starting automatically on system startup by executing the following command and configuring it for manual updates only (you many need to scroll down to see it).

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sudo dpkg-reconfigure clamav-freshclam

By configuring clamav-freshclam this way, you will be able to select an update server that's closer to you so that it works faster and you will also be able to stop freshclam from giving an error concerning the clamd.conf file everytime it updates clamav, by disabling the clamd daemon notification.

(Source https://askubuntu.com/questions/1292583 ... ot-working)

[jakoline1]

In the terminal you should highlight the option you want then press the tab key from your keyboard to chose either Ok or Cancel, then hit Enter.

Here is how I did it.

1- Run this command in terminal

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sudo dpkg-reconfigure clamav-freshclam

2- Pick manual


3- Select the closet location


4- Leave blank (unless you're using a proxy)


5- Not sure if it's effective or not since we already disabled auto-updates, I choose 10


6- Select No, according to the guy at Ask Ubuntu he says notifications will result errors


7- I don't know what bytecode database does but I'll go with yes


8- I think a private mirror is where you hold your own version of the virus database away from the official ones, I don't have a private mirror so I'll leave it blank (leave blank and select OK)


9- Log rotation means deleting old log files when they get too old or too big in size, I'll pick No, maybe you'll have a different opinion.


After going through the previous steps, you may see this:

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Wed Jul 14 13:49:31 2021 -> Your ClamAV installation is OUTDATED!
Wed Jul 14 13:49:31 2021 -> Local version: 0.103.2 Recommended version: 0.103.3

It doesn't matter, it's telling you that Clamav itself is outdated, as for the virus database it's fine and up-to-date

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Wed Jul 14 13:49:31 2021 -> daily.cld database is up-to-date
Wed Jul 14 13:49:31 2021 -> main.cvd database is up-to-date
Wed Jul 14 13:49:31 2021 -> bytecode.cvd database is up-to-date

[Lonewolf71]

Thanks so much!