Re: Help with ClamWin AV Definitions
Steve Basford via clamav-users <[email protected]> Tue, 12 May 2026 12:41:30 +0100
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --===============8106850128654099856== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="19e1bfdfa323cb22855e21ae52" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --19e1bfdfa323cb22855e21ae52 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On 12 May 2026 03:10:19 DWCC Computers via clamav-users <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I have seen postings on various places about ClamWin Antivirus definitions > not working lately. It looks to me like a certificate that was set up to > allow Windoze permissions to access the database on some Linux Server has > expired as of last year, and therefore, definitions do not automatically > (or manually) download. I am feeling very computer illiterate at this > point, but I am sure some of you have a solution for how an old Windows > user can get their machines to update the Clamwin Antivirus definitions > either manually or automatically. ClamWin probably uses an outdated engine. You maybe able to use their updated engine from here.... https://oss.netfarm.it/clamav/ eg. clamav-1.5.2-legacy-x64.7z "You can use updated version of clamav binaries with ClamWin, download 32bit version, extract and replace all files in ClamWin bin directory, you also need to replace clamwin.zip in the ClamWin lib folder with this one." Obviously this doesn't use the official engine so you'll probably need to get more help here... https://forums.clamwin.com/ Cheers, Steve Sanesecurity --19e1bfdfa323cb22855e21ae52 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.= w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <body> <div dir=3D"auto"> <div dir=3D'auto'><br></div> <div id=3D"aqm-original" style=3D"color: black;"> <div class=3D"aqm-original-body"> <div style=3D"color: black;"> <p style=3D"color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-family: sans-serif; margin:= 8pt 0;">On 12 May 2026 03:10:19 DWCC Computers via clamav-users <clamav= [email protected]> wrote:</p> <blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0 0 0 0.75= ex; border-left: 1px solid #808080; padding-left: 0.75ex;"> <div dir=3D"auto">Hello,<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">I hav= e seen postings on various places about ClamWin Antivirus definitions not w= orking lately. It looks to me like a certificate that was set up to allow W= indoze permissions to access the database on some Linux Server has expired = as of last year, and therefore, definitions do not automatically (or manual= ly) download. I am feeling very computer illiterate at this point, but I am= sure some of you have a solution for how an old Windows user can get their= machines to update the Clamwin Antivirus definitions either manually or au= tomatically.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div></div></blockquote></div></di= v></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">ClamWin probably uses= an outdated engine.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">You= maybe able to use their updated engine from here....</div><div dir=3D"auto= "><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><a href=3D"https://oss.netfarm.it/clamav/">ht= tps://oss.netfarm.it/clamav/</a></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir= =3D"auto">eg. clamav-1.5.2-legacy-x64.7z</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><= div dir=3D"auto">"You can use updated version of clamav binaries with ClamW= in, download 32bit version, extract and replace all files in ClamWin bin di= rectory, you also need to replace clamwin.zip in the ClamWin lib folder wit= h this one."</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Obviously t= his doesn't use the official engine so you'll probably need to get more hel= p here...</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><a href=3D"htt= ps://forums.clamwin.com/">https://forums.clamwin.com/</a></div><div dir=3D"= auto"><br></div> <div id=3D"aqm-signature" dir=3D"auto" style=3D"color: black;"><div dir=3D"= auto">Cheers,</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Steve</div= ><div dir=3D"auto">Sanesecurity</div></div> </div></body> </html> --19e1bfdfa323cb22855e21ae52-- --===============8106850128654099856== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Manage your clamav-users mailing list subscription / unsubscribe: https://lists.clamav.net/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav-documentation https://docs.clamav.net/#mailing-lists-and-chat --===============8106850128654099856==--