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artfulrobot
Asked: 2015-12-08 06:18:01 +0800 CST

Is there a way to keep ClamAV updated on Debian 8?

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Since upgrading to Debian 8 my syslog is full of 

...freshclam[17851]: WARNING: Your ClamAV installation is OUTDATED!
...freshclam[17851]: WARNING: Local version: 0.98.7 Recommended version: 0.99
...freshclam[17851]: DON'T PANIC! Read http://www.clamav.net/support/faq

While trying not to panic, as instructed, I followed the link. Which goes to a 404! Panic! [joke. EDIT: this link is now working.]

Virus scanners need to be updated regularly, and these updates do not make it into Debian stable frequently. In days gone by we had a "volatile" repo for virus checkers etc. in Debian, then we had workarounds for Wheezy. What about Debian 8, Jessie?

Ideally I'd like to stick with apt for package management, especially as I have unattended upgrades running for security updates.

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3 Answers

  1. Just to be sure... there is difference between virus definitions version and program version. Program version is always a bit behind on debian, but if you have virus updates working fine, there is no reason to panic. In fact, there's not much reason to do anything IMHO. :)

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  2. Seriously there is no need to panic. Look at your local version (0.98.7) and the latest version(0.99).

    Anyway all you need to do is apt-get upgrade clamav whenever you are ready.

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  3. According to the debian wiki about updates for stable releases you need to have 

    deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main

    in your /etc/apt/sources.list; then apt-get update; apt-get upgrade will bring you the latest version of clamd.

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