Re: Blocked by Cloudfare - which email address to use for unlock request

Joel Esler via clamav-users <[email protected]> Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:55:06 -0500
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"auto">If you attempt to download files that are too old, yes. It will block=
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amily:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:windowtext">Hi Marc<br>
We have the older 1.4.3 running.<br>
<br>
But here is a new update to the story: I was able to download the three cvd f=
iles manually and replaced them on our test system. After replacing them and=
 executing =E2=80=9Cfreshclam=E2=80=9D, the update job executed successfully=

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Is it possible, that you get blocked when the database files are older than a=
 specific date?<br>
<br>
I=E2=80=99m not 100% sure if the update works from now on via cron =E2=80=A6=
 but there is now a little hope.
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amily:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:windowtext">Cheers<br>
Juergen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 clamav-users &lt;[email protected]&gt; <b>On Behalf Of <=
/b>Newcomer01 via clamav-users<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 27, 2026 2:21 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Brunk J=C3=BCrgen via clamav-users &lt;[email protected].=
net&gt;<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Newcomer01 &lt;[email protected]&gt;<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [clamav-users] Blocked by Cloudfare - which email addres=
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Hey J=C3=BCrgen,<br>
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which clamav version you have running?<br>
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kind regards<br>
Marc&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Ver=
dana&quot;,sans-serif">[clamav-users] Blocked by Cloudfare - which email add=
ress to use for unlock request<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-f=
amily:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Hello everyone,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-f=
amily:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Like many users before me, I am also fac=
ing the problem of being blocked by Cloudflare during the Freshclam process.=
 ("Sorry, you have been blocked.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-f=
amily:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">You are unable to access clamav.net").</=
span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-f=
amily:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">However, I couldn't find an email addres=
s to request that our client be unblocked. We only have two systems, and the=
 update is only performed twice a day. Configuring
 a local mirror doesn't make sense for just two systems.</span><o:p></o:p></=
p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-f=
amily:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Can anyone help me and give me informati=
on on who I can contact to get us unblocked?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-f=
amily:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-f=
amily:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Thanks in advance, best regards</span><o=
:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-f=
amily:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Juergen</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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