ClamAV® blog: Are you still attempting to download safebrowsing.cvd?
"Joel Esler (jesler)" <[email protected]> Wed, 7 Apr 2021 17:41:59 +0000
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> Are you still attempting to download safebrowsing.cvd?
>=20
> It has come to our attention that a few of you (about 515,000 of you, =
to be more accurate), are still attempting to download the =
safebrowsing.cvd file from the official ClamAV mirrors. This tells us =
that these attempted downloads are an installation of FreshClam (a =
non-updated FreshClam.conf or other script) that have not been updated =
to remove the safebrowsing database.
>=20
> We discontinued the distribution of the SafeBrowsing database in =
November of 2019, as indicated in our blog post =
<https://blog.clamav.net/2020/06/the-future-of-clamav-safebrowsing.html> =
back in June, however these installations of ClamAV that have no updated =
and continue to download the safebrowsing.cvd account for nearly 10TB of =
traffic a month, just for that file.
>=20
> As a result, we have put in a block to make any attempts to download =
the safebrowsing.cvd result in a 403 error.
>=20
> Please take a look at your FreshClam.conf file, in our upcoming =
version of ClamAV (0.103.2 and beyond), we have removed all of the code =
that attempts to download the safebrowsing db from our servers, (so you =
should update) however, for those of you can't update right away, please =
find this line:
>=20
> SafeBrowsing yes
>=20
> In your Freshclam.conf file, and commenting it out like this:
>=20
> #SafeBrowsing yes
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> Thank you for your support of ClamAV!
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1.2141em; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; max-width: 100%;">Are =
you still attempting to download safebrowsing.cvd?</h1><p =
style=3D"max-width: 100%;" class=3D""> It has come to our attention =
that a few of you <i style=3D"max-width: 100%;" class=3D"">(about =
515,000 of you, to be more accurate), </i>are still attempting to =
download the safebrowsing.cvd file from the official ClamAV mirrors. =
This tells us that these attempted downloads are an installation =
of FreshClam (a non-updated FreshClam.conf or other script) that have =
not been updated to remove the safebrowsing database. </p><p =
style=3D"max-width: 100%;" class=3D"">We discontinued the distribution =
of the SafeBrowsing database in November of 2019, as indicated in our <a =
href=3D"https://blog.clamav.net/2020/06/the-future-of-clamav-safebrowsing.=
html" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"color: rgb(73, 129, 254); max-width: =
100%;" class=3D"">blog post</a> back in June, however these =
installations of ClamAV that have no updated and continue to download =
the safebrowsing.cvd account for nearly 10TB of traffic a month, <i =
style=3D"max-width: 100%;" class=3D"">just for that file</i>.</p><p =
style=3D"max-width: 100%;" class=3D"">As a result, we have put in a =
block to make any attempts to download the safebrowsing.cvd result in a =
403 error.</p><p style=3D"max-width: 100%;" class=3D"">Please take a =
look at your FreshClam.conf file, in our upcoming version of ClamAV =
(0.103.2 and beyond), we have removed all of the code that attempts to =
download the safebrowsing db from our servers, (so you should update) =
however, for those of you can't update right away, please find this =
line:</p><p style=3D"max-width: 100%;" class=3D""><span =
face=3D"SFMono-Regular, Consolas, "Liberation Mono", Menlo, =
monospace" style=3D"max-width: 100%;" class=3D"">SafeBrowsing =
yes</span></p><p style=3D"max-width: 100%;" class=3D"">In your =
Freshclam.conf file, and commenting it out like this:</p><p =
style=3D"max-width: 100%;" class=3D""><span face=3D"SFMono-Regular, =
Consolas, "Liberation Mono", Menlo, monospace" =
style=3D"max-width: 100%;" class=3D"">#SafeBrowsing yes</span></p><p =
style=3D"max-width: 100%;" class=3D"">Thank you for your support of =
ClamAV!</p></div></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>=
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