[LUNI] Request Help with ClamAv

[Roberto Serrano]

Yeah, you could also see from the terminal which one is the "default" by
typing:

which clamd

Roberto

On 7/27/07, Samir Faci <sfaci at cs.uic.edu> wrote:
>
> 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
>
>
> --
> 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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