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Where is the ClamWin Virus Definitions Database
Trigon


Joined: 04 Jul 2007
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Where can i find the ClamWin Virus Definitions Database? I am curious to see how Virus Definitions are stored into a database.
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GuitarBob


Joined: 09 Jul 2006
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If you are using Windows XP, the signature databases are in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\.clamwin\db. This contains the main database, which is named main.cvd. There is also a daily subfolder containing the incremental updates, and there are several types of signature files in the subfolder. You can call up some of the daily databases in Windows Notepad, but I guess you'll need some sort of database software to read the main cvd file.

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budtse


Joined: 14 Jan 2006
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In the ClamWin preferences, there's a tab 'File Locations'. There you can see where the database is located.
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