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Kit Sunde
Asked: 2015-05-17 18:37:31 +0800 CST

Can I get clamav-daemon to run without first updating with freshclam?

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It's painfully slow to run freshclam, but clamav-daemon won't start without it:

$ sudo service clamav-daemon start
* Clamav signatures not found in /var/lib/clamav
* Please retrieve them using freshclam
* Then run '/etc/init.d/clamav-daemon start'

Can I get clamav-daemon to ignore it so each server don't have to run a 10-30 minute update on first deploy?

clamav

2 Answers

  1. You should always use fresh signatures.To speed-up the startup I would use a caching proxy like squid.

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  2. It happens every time, yes. After that sequence during the install, do:

    freshclam

    Once the downloads are complete, do:

    /etc/init.d/clamav-daemon start

    then you can restart your clamav service.

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