[LUNI] Request Help with ClamAv

[Samir Faci]

well, search for clamd which is the binary.  you do this either from
the GUI, I'm sure Ubuntu has some sort of search functionality, maybe
Roberto can fill you in.  He's a bit more of an Ubuntu fan boy then I
am.

if you want to do this from the console you could do something like

sudo find / -iname "clamd"

see if there are multiple versions of clamd, then to find the version
just type clamd --version

again all this is from the console.  Be careful with from source and
binary installs.. you can have conflicts that can confuse
Ubuntu/whatever distro you use.

btw, if you really wanna have some fun, try instaling a mailserver and
tying in clamd into the mailserver, to automatically scan all incoming
emails.

An Ubuntu guide for what I just mentioned:
http://www.howtoforge.com/postfix_antispam_mailscanner_clamav_ubuntu


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Samir

On 7/27/07, Svaldi, Fred E GS <Fred.Svaldi at med.navy.mil> wrote:
> Roberto,
>
> I actually have a cousin in Italy named Roberto.  Ciao, Roberto!
>
> I run ClamAv on my personal computer only.  I have heard I do not need
> to run an anti-virus program, but I still do so out of habit.
>
> I did this mainly as an exercise to understand how to compile from
> source, and to learn how to work through configuration problems.
>
> So....if anyone can help me figure out how to resolve the error messages
> (see below), or point me in the right direction, that would be great.
> If the solution is somewhat intuitive, I could probably figure it out
> with just a little help.
>
> Fred
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: luni-bounces at luni.org [mailto:luni-bounces at luni.org] On Behalf Of
> Roberto Serrano
> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 9:01 AM
> To: Linux Users Of Northern Illinois - Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: [LUNI] Request Help with ClamAv
>
> Are you running this in a server, or are you tunning this in your
> personal
> computer.  Clam AV is mostly a product design for a Linux Server working
> in
> a windows environment.  As far as I know, Clam AV is mostly design to
> detect
> windows viruses.
>
> I don't use anti-virus in any of me Linux computers - and Linux is the
> only
> thing I use.  Most people I know, that use Linux, don't use anti-virus.
>
> So if this is for personal use, I know is weird coming from windows, but
> you
> don't need anti-virus.  You need a good backup strategy and that is all.
>
> Roberto
>
> On 7/27/07, Svaldi, Fred E GS <Fred.Svaldi at med.navy.mil> wrote:
> >
> > To all,
> >
> > Can anyone help?
> >
> > I am relatively new to Linux.  I attempted to compile ClamAv from
> source
> > to get the latest version.  I removed my original ClamAv installation
> > package before starting.  I downloaded the source code, and, as far as
> I
> > could tell, got it installed using "./configure, make, and sudo make
> > install."
> >
> > I then ran freshclam from the command line and received some error
> > messages, with instructions to edit the example config file for
> > freshclam.config, and also to edit the example config file for
> > clamd.config.  Another error message noted that I could not parse the
> > example clamd.config (or something like that).  I could not manage to
> > work past this.
> >
> > Then, I installed clamTk from the synaptic packages (I use Ubuntu Edgy
> > Eft), which is an older version of the current clamTk version per the
> > clamTk home page.  When clamTk installed, it appeared to re-install
> the
> > older (0.88) version of ClamAv.  I went to Synaptic Package Manager
> and
> > the older ClamAv package is marked as installed.
> >
> > How can I tell what version of ClamAv I actually have on my system?  I
> > have confirmation that my signatures are up to date, and I can run
> scans
> > via the clamTk GUI.
> >
> > If anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate it.
> >
> > Regards, F. S.
> >
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