Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 00:00:01 -0500 From: Paul Murphy <pnmurphy@cogeco.ca> To: Bart Silverstrim <bsilver@chrononomicon.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: clamav ports Message-ID: <20040311000001.7049fc62@earth.upton.net> In-Reply-To: <A7F1FFDC-7304-11D8-8730-000A956D2452@chrononomicon.com> References: <65388515-7301-11D8-8730-000A956D2452@chrononomicon.com> <404FCE46.3010902@theatre.msu.edu> <A7F1FFDC-7304-11D8-8730-000A956D2452@chrononomicon.com>
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--Signature=_Thu__11_Mar_2004_00_00_01_-0500_XBMweU3jRaMVbGB2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 21:34:44 -0500 Bart Silverstrim <bsilver@chrononomicon.com> wrote: > > On Mar 10, 2004, at 9:26 PM, Jonathan T. Sage wrote: > > > Bart - > > > > just a thought, but it is possible that the port updated the virus > > database to the possibly older version in the distfile. You may > > want to run freshclam and see if this clears up the issue. Hopefully > > thats all the problem is. > > > > hope this helps > > > > On a lark, I reran the test (situation: I ssh to my home account that > isn't filtered, and send myself two small viruses that some MS user > was so kind to have unknowingly sent to me...I'm using Mac to > store/send them, so I guess it's nice to be immune when I have to test > these things :-) > > Weird. It caught it this time. And I did run a freshclam, thinking > something odd happened to the database. Perhaps clamd just doesn't > see the update right away? (there's also a freshclam run from a cron > script every four hours or so). I doublechecked and I wasn't > imagining things; one virus I sent slipped right through the first > time, but this time in an identical test almost five hours later the > antivirus on the FreeBSD filter slapped it right down. > > Not gonna question it though, as long as it's working! Thanks! > Just a thought, do you have '#NotifyClamd [/optional/config/file/path]' uncommented in freshclam.conf -- Cogeco ergo sum --Signature=_Thu__11_Mar_2004_00_00_01_-0500_XBMweU3jRaMVbGB2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAT/JX2Ev+mfbss0wRAh7PAJ4+iHO/worH2PFIKqfqADSQU++1MgCfUTlp MNLHCVCBodIR9rmjem/1Ye4= =K1Wt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Thu__11_Mar_2004_00_00_01_-0500_XBMweU3jRaMVbGB2--
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