Contents->Updating The Virus Database
See also; Clam AntiVirus
To set the Virus Database location go to Database->Location.... The default Virus Database location is:
/usr/share/clamav
The Virus Database location can be either a file or a directory.
To view the Virus Database that you have currently selected, click on the Database tab and the Virus Database page should appear as shown below.
It is important to have an up to date Virus Database since new viruses are often discovered and reported on a daily basis.
The files in the Virus Database directory contain information on virus patterns. Updated versions of these Virus Database files can be obtained from a number of sources.
If you obtained the Virus Database files and have them locally then you can simply copy them to the Virus Database directory. Otherwise it is recommended that you update the Virus Database from the Internet.
To update the Virus Database from the Internet you need to
have the virus database update program called
freshclam
(part of the
Clam Antivirus package),
and have it set up as follows:
su
chmod +s /usr/bin/freshclam
chown clamav.clamav /usr/bin/freshclam
chown -R clamav.clamav /usr/share/clamav
exit
If the above operations were performed successfully then at this point you can run AVScan as any user to update the Virus Database from the Internet.
To update the Virus Database from the Internet,
click on the Update button. AVScan will automatically call
freshclam
to update the Virus Database from
the Internet and its progress will be displayed on the Status
Bar.
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