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Today's Topics:



1. Update Failure (Michael Newman)

2. Re: Update Failure (Al Varnell)

3. Re: Update Failure (Al Varnell)

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Message: 1

Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 04:43:52 +0700

From: Michael Newman <mgnewman@mac.com>

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

Subject: [clamav-users] Update Failure

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I?ve not had trouble updating in the past, but last night:



Querying current.cvd.clamav.net <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__current.cvd.clamav.net_&d=DwICAg&c=oBiQyooBvnd4iujXa1WDRw&r=DrCHLNBx0iRrDqy1J_rWxeVv72kGT5CLisDBrcQosz8&m=sntafRAgOIqvaZsviU-tHwpd0lRJQ-DRtplBHwGqTwQ&s=ihjuKIqMDciXPF9dA2DAeOVlAdgysTQYGEPgb75gn0M&e=>

WARNING: Can't query current.cvd.clamav.net <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__current.cvd.clamav.net_&d=DwICAg&c=oBiQyooBvnd4iujXa1WDRw&r=DrCHLNBx0iRrDqy1J_rWxeVv72kGT5CLisDBrcQosz8&m=sntafRAgOIqvaZsviU-tHwpd0lRJQ-DRtplBHwGqTwQ&s=ihjuKIqMDciXPF9dA2DAeOVlAdgysTQYGEPgb75gn0M&e=>

WARNING: Invalid DNS reply. Falling back to HTTP mode.

If-Modified-Since: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 21:38:10 GMT

Reading CVD header (main.cvd): WARNING: Can't get information about db.US.clamav.net <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__db.us.clamav.net_&d=DwICAg&c=oBiQyooBvnd4iujXa1WDRw&r=DrCHLNBx0iRrDqy1J_rWxeVv72kGT5CLisDBrcQosz8&m=sntafRAgOIqvaZsviU-tHwpd0lRJQ-DRtplBHwGqTwQ&s=DXWLiaPX2Q3DxLOywTVAYjmqK2WFVT-aJqMYBYUK2Cs&e=>: nodename nor servname provided, or not known

WARNING: Can't read main.cvd header from db.US.clamav.net <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__db.us.clamav.net_&d=DwICAg&c=oBiQyooBvnd4iujXa1WDRw&r=DrCHLNBx0iRrDqy1J_rWxeVv72kGT5CLisDBrcQosz8&m=sntafRAgOIqvaZsviU-tHwpd0lRJQ-DRtplBHwGqTwQ&s=DXWLiaPX2Q3DxLOywTVAYjmqK2WFVT-aJqMYBYUK2Cs&e=> (IP: )

Trying again in 5 secs?



And



Update failed. Your network may be down or none of the mirrors listed in /opt/local/etc/freshclam.conf is working. Check https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.clamav.net_documents_official-2Dmirror-2Dfaq&d=DwICAg&c=oBiQyooBvnd4iujXa1WDRw&r=DrCHLNBx0iRrDqy1J_rWxeVv72kGT5CLisDBrcQosz8&m=sntafRAgOIqvaZsviU-tHwpd0lRJQ-DRtplBHwGqTwQ&s=9SxxGGvBWWkgRvsR2OGI3y4prCkcAgcS6-1iLdU3yHU&e= <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.clamav.net_documents_official-2Dmirror-2Dfaq&d=DwICAg&c=oBiQyooBvnd4iujXa1WDRw&r=DrCHLNBx0iRrDqy1J_rWxeVv72kGT5CLisDBrcQosz8&m=sntafRAgOIqvaZsviU-tHwpd0lRJQ-DRtplBHwGqTwQ&s=9SxxGGvBWWkgRvsR2OGI3y4prCkcAgcS6-1iLdU3yHU&e=> for possible reasons.



But, when I check the official-mirror-faq I get a 404 error.



What do I need to do to fix this?





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Message: 2

Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 15:58:44 -0700

From: Al Varnell <alvarnell@mac.com>

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

Subject: Re: [clamav-users] Update Failure

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Message: 3

Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 15:59:08 -0700

From: Al Varnell <alvarnell@mac.com>

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

Subject: Re: [clamav-users] Update Failure

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Appears to have been a failure regarding your Internet connection at the time. Probably a short outage. I'm not seeing any issues from where I am on the West Coast at this time.



The mirror FAQ doesn't exist any more and should be replaced or removed from those instructions.



-Al-



On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 02:43 PM, Michael Newman via clamav-users wrote:

> I?ve not had trouble updating in the past, but last night:

>

> Querying current.cvd.clamav.net <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__current.cvd.clamav.net_&d=DwICAg&c=oBiQyooBvnd4iujXa1WDRw&r=DrCHLNBx0iRrDqy1J_rWxeVv72kGT5CLisDBrcQosz8&m=sntafRAgOIqvaZsviU-tHwpd0lRJQ-DRtplBHwGqTwQ&s=ihjuKIqMDciXPF9dA2DAeOVlAdgysTQYGEPgb75gn0M&e=>

> WARNING: Can't query current.cvd.clamav.net <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__current.cvd.clamav.net_&d=DwICAg&c=oBiQyooBvnd4iujXa1WDRw&r=DrCHLNBx0iRrDqy1J_rWxeVv72kGT5CLisDBrcQosz8&m=sntafRAgOIqvaZsviU-tHwpd0lRJQ-DRtplBHwGqTwQ&s=ihjuKIqMDciXPF9dA2DAeOVlAdgysTQYGEPgb75gn0M&e=>

> WARNING: Invalid DNS reply. Falling back to HTTP mode.

> If-Modified-Since: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 21:38:10 GMT

> Reading CVD header (main.cvd): WARNING: Can't get information about db.US.clamav.net <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__db.us.clamav.net_&d=DwICAg&c=oBiQyooBvnd4iujXa1WDRw&r=DrCHLNBx0iRrDqy1J_rWxeVv72kGT5CLisDBrcQosz8&m=sntafRAgOIqvaZsviU-tHwpd0lRJQ-DRtplBHwGqTwQ&s=DXWLiaPX2Q3DxLOywTVAYjmqK2WFVT-aJqMYBYUK2Cs&e=>: nodename nor servname provided, or not known

> WARNING: Can't read main.cvd header from db.US.clamav.net <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__db.us.clamav.net_&d=DwICAg&c=oBiQyooBvnd4iujXa1WDRw&r=DrCHLNBx0iRrDqy1J_rWxeVv72kGT5CLisDBrcQosz8&m=sntafRAgOIqvaZsviU-tHwpd0lRJQ-DRtplBHwGqTwQ&s=DXWLiaPX2Q3DxLOywTVAYjmqK2WFVT-aJqMYBYUK2Cs&e=> (IP: )

> Trying again in 5 secs?

>

> And

>

> Update failed. Your network may be down or none of the mirrors listed in /opt/local/etc/freshclam.conf is working. Check https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.clamav.net_documents_official-2Dmirror-2Dfaq&d=DwICAg&c=oBiQyooBvnd4iujXa1WDRw&r=DrCHLNBx0iRrDqy1J_rWxeVv72kGT5CLisDBrcQosz8&m=sntafRAgOIqvaZsviU-tHwpd0lRJQ-DRtplBHwGqTwQ&s=9SxxGGvBWWkgRvsR2OGI3y4prCkcAgcS6-1iLdU3yHU&e= <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.clamav.net_documents_official-2Dmirror-2Dfaq&d=DwICAg&c=oBiQyooBvnd4iujXa1WDRw&r=DrCHLNBx0iRrDqy1J_rWxeVv72kGT5CLisDBrcQosz8&m=sntafRAgOIqvaZsviU-tHwpd0lRJQ-DRtplBHwGqTwQ&s=9SxxGGvBWWkgRvsR2OGI3y4prCkcAgcS6-1iLdU3yHU&e=> for possible reasons.

>

> But, when I check the official-mirror-faq I get a 404 error.

>

> What do I need to do to fix this?



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Message: 4

Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 00:03:02 -0400

From: Paul Kosinski <clamav-users@iment.com>

To: clamav-users@lists.clamav.net

Subject: Re: [clamav-users] Are signatures for Windows only?

Message-ID: <20190423000302.641a14bb@ime1.iment.local>

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We use ClamAV (actually libclamav) with HAVP to scan HTTP traffic as

well as using it (clamd) to scan incoming email.



Since so much traffic is moving to HTTPS, I would love to see some

browser plugins -- in our case Firefox (ESR) -- for ClamAV. Something

that used libclamav (ala HAVP) would be best. Given the unfortunate

removal of XUL, a Firefox "Extension" (as opposed to a "Plugin") might

no longer be possible, and would certainly be slower than something

plugged in to the guts of Firefox. A hook in Firefox which piped data

to clamd (or whatever) might also be adequately fast.





On Mon, 25 Mar 2019 19:36:49 +0000

"Joel Esler \(jesler\) via clamav-users"

<clamav-users@lists.clamav.net> wrote:



> Actually, from what we understand, ClamAV is mostly used to scan

> email.

>

> Sent from my ? iPhone

>

> > On Mar 25, 2019, at 12:22, G.W. Haywood via clamav-users

> > <clamav-users@lists.clamav.net> wrote:

> >

> > Although we share files with Windows platforms we really

> > only use ClamAV to scan mail. I guess we're as untypical of a

> > ClamAV user as you'll get.





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