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On 12/21/2021 11:58 AM, Vu, Hong-Duc V. via clamav-users wrote:
> Hello,
>
> How often does the main.cvd file get updated? According to this old
> post they have seven changes in two years.
>
> https://lists.clamav.net/pipermail/clamav-users/2014-September/000916.html
> <https://lists.clamav.net/pipermail/clamav-users/2014-September/000916.html>

That's very old information. There is no schedule I'm aware of, and
recent updates have been many many months apart.

>
> This will help me troubleshoot any issues with my freshclam
> configuration if the file isn’t getting updated in a reasonable time
> frame.

I wouldn't bother monitoring the main.cvd since the time frame is
months and there is no schedule. I think daily is updated once a day
currently (usually). If daily is more than a few days old you should
investigate.

It might be more productive to monitor the freshclam log for errors.



-- Noel Jones

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Vu, Hong-Duc V. via clamav-users wrote:
> Hello,
>
> How often does the main.cvd file get updated? According to this old post
> they have seven changes in two years.
>
> https://lists.clamav.net/pipermail/clamav-users/2014-September/000916.html
>
> This will help me troubleshoot any issues with my freshclam
> configuration if the file isn?t getting updated in a reasonable time frame.

Recent updates have been "when daily.cvd gets too big", and have been
announced on this list as well IIRC. Check the list archives.

-kgd

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Correct. It’s about once a quarter. However, if you are using FreshClam or cvdupdate, (as you should be), those tools will download the correct files when the correct files need to be downloaded.



> On Dec 21, 2021, at 3:21 PM, Kris Deugau <kdeugau@vianet.ca> wrote:
>
> Vu, Hong-Duc V. via clamav-users wrote:
>> Hello,
>> How often does the main.cvd file get updated? According to this old post they have seven changes in two years.
>> https://lists.clamav.net/pipermail/clamav-users/2014-September/000916.html
>> This will help me troubleshoot any issues with my freshclam configuration if the file isn?t getting updated in a reasonable time frame.
>
> Recent updates have been "when daily.cvd gets too big", and have been announced on this list as well IIRC. Check the list archives.
>
> -kgd
>
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