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updating virus scan

Asked by kjerryn

hi, i just installed virus scan and when i tried to run it, it displayed a certain message that asked to edit some two files that are needed before signatures can be updated.
pls, does anybody know these files? i think one of them is ./fresh..? something and how i can proceed to updating the signatures.

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Best Dave M (dave-nerd) said : 		#1

The files are /etc/freshclam.conf and /etc/clamd.conf. The notice isn't for Debian or Ubuntu users since they're already configured; Fedora's files are not pre-configured. So if you're using Ubuntu, don't worry about it.

Also, that means you're using a pretty old version of ClamTk. You should probably upgrade.

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kjerryn (kjerryn) said : 		#2

hi, i have downloaded clamtk 4.17-1 all.deb but it replied that dependencies cannot be satisfied upon install

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Dave M (dave-nerd) said : 		#3

What Ubuntu are you running? Typically, you can just double-click it to install.

What version of ClamAV are you running? Open a terminal window and type "clamscan --version" (no quotes).

And finally, which dependencies is it referring to?

Thanks,

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kjerryn (kjerryn) said : 		#4

ubuntu 8.04

graphical front-end for ClamAV
ClamTk is a GUI front-end for ClamAV using perl-Gtk2.

Error: Dependency is not satisfiable: libnet-dns-perl

$ clamscan --version
ClamAV 0.95.2/9782/Mon Sep 7 14:30:23 2009

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kjerryn (kjerryn) said : 		#5

hi dave,
please how is the clam updated with root

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Dave M (dave-nerd) said : 		#6

You can update the signatures as root with "sudo freshclam -v".

Note that you don't need to use root to run ClamTk, though.

The libnet-dns-perl package should be available for you. Have you tried just double-clicking it? Maybe you have its repository disabled?

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kjerryn (kjerryn) said : 		#7

pls how would that be corrected if that's the case.

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Dave M (dave-nerd) said : 		#8

If you mean to update as a regular user, you can do one of two things:

1. delete your prefs file

( rm -f ~/.clamtk/prefs ) < -- copy and paste this into a terminal window

2. wait for 4.18, due out soon, which has an easy way to do that

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kjerryn (kjerryn) said : 		#9

hi dave
the 4,17 has been able to install after an update and the signature also seems to be updated from within the program. i think i will keep this one until further notice.
thank you.

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kjerryn (kjerryn) said : 		#10

Thanks Dave M, that solved my question.