Re: Network is explicitly denied by the FreshClam CDN

A rate limit error code would be 429, 403 means blocked.

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On Oct 16, 2025, at 04:04, Newcomer01 via clamav-users <[email protected]> wrote:



Do you have an actual and
supported ClamAV running? =>
https://docs.clamav.net/faq/faq-eol.html?highlight=support#version-support-matrix .

Currenty ClamAV suggest 1.0.9 for LTS releases or the newest one
1.4.3 for LTS.

When obsolete Versions will try to update, they will also get
blocked, you get also blocked if you are trying to refresh more
then once an hour per day. Limit is every hour in 24 hours
(blocked for the next 24 hours - "Rate Limited".

If all is save from your side, then delete all databases include
freshclam.dat and try updating freshclam again. If all not help,
give your new x-ray ID and Val will check what's on here.

hope my answer will help you.

Marc

Von / From:
Mark Lynch
Via Clamav-Users

An / To:
Newcomer01

CC / CC:
Mark Lynch

Gesendet / Sent:
Donnerstag, Oktober 16,
2025 um 02:47 (at 02:47 AM) +0200

Betreff / Subject:
[clamav-users] Network
is explicitly denied by the FreshClam CDN

I'm
getting blocked by the CDN for some reason.

Can I get some help unblocking this? Github issues say
this could possibly be due to Russian sanctions block
but I'm based in Australia.

Thu Oct 16 00:20:11 2025 -> ^Can't download
daily.cvd from https://database.clamav.net/daily.cvd

Thu Oct 16 00:20:11 2025 -> ^FreshClam received
error code 403 from the ClamAV Content Delivery
Network (CDN).

freshclam --verbose output

< server: cloudflare

< cf-ray: 98f36390ea1a6a54-SYD

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