I have installed ClamWin for the first time, in addition to my recently expired NOD32. Current system is Win2000(SP4), with 192MB RAM and 300MHz MMX Intel CPU. The install (all defaults, except not all users) went smoothly, until the final step of downloading current DB, which generated the following error report:
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Could not start process:
"C:\Program Files\ClamWin\bin\freshclam.exe" --stdout --datadir="C:/Documents and Settings/ntaylor/.clamwin/db" --config-file="c:/docume~1/ntaylor/locals~1/temp/tmphc5xpv" --log="c:/docume~1/ntaylor/locals~1/temp/tmpnwn2js"
Error: The parameter is incorrect.
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The two temp files did not exist at the time, while the paths appear to be correct. Other than that, I do not know which parameter is incorrect, and how.
I manually downloaded the .CVD files to the specified folder, and created a default FreshClam.conf file in the \bin folder. Now FreshClam works properly.
Launching ClamWin from the desktop icon to scan drive C: generated the following error report:
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Could not start process:
"C:\Program Files\ClamWin\bin\clamscan.exe" --tempdir "c:/docume~1/ntaylor/locals~1/temp" --max-ratio=0 --recursive --no-mail --infected --max-files=500 --max-space=10240 --max-recursion=5 --show-progress --keep-mbox --stdout --database="C:/Documents and Settings/ntaylor/.clamwin/db" --log="c:/docume~1/ntaylor/locals~1/temp/tmpjqfqek" "C:/" --exclude="C:/WINDOWS/system32/config/default" --exclude="C:/WINDOWS/system32/config/SAM" --exclude="C:/WINDOWS/system32/config/SECURITY" --exclude="C:/WINDOWS/system32/config/software" --exclude="C:/WINDOWS/system32/config/software.alt" --exclude="C:/WINDOWS/system32/config/system" --exclude="C:/WINDOWS/system32/config/system.alt" --exclude="[^/]*\.dbx$" --exclude="[^/]*\.tbb$" --exclude="[^/]*\.pst$" --exclude="[^/]*\.dat$" --exclude="[^/]*\.log$" --exclude="[^/]*\.evt$" --exclude="[^/]*\.nsf$" --exclude="[^/]*\.ntf$" --exclude="[^/]*\.chm$"
Error: The parameter is incorrect.
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The error here is the missing "=" between "--tempdir" and its folder specification. I verified this by editing the command and running it in a DOS box.
I hope this information helps in the continued improvement of ClamWin. Long live open-source.
