First my setup: Clamwin 0.93.1 on Windows Vista Home Premium w/SP1

I have been having some difficulties with auto-updating not working correctly. Clamwin is currently set to download updates from the internet each day at 0130. However, when I check the log, no update has been downloaded since the last time I manually did the update.

I believe this behavior began when I upgraded to the latest version of clamwin. I have since uninstalled and reinstalled the application with no change to this behavior. I would say that manually updating works fine, but at this very moment I can't connect to any of the servers. However, I manually updated 5 days ago and it worked fine.

Scheduled virus scans are also not working correctly but I posted those details in the other forum (see https://forums.clamwin.com/viewtopic.php?t=1940 for details). Any help on this problem would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

-Pete

can you please wait for the update time and then paste %tmp%\clamwin1.log contents here (don't open clamwin after the update as it will overwrite the log ?

I'm having the same problem.
With IE i cannot reacht: https://database.clamav.net/main.cvd
I do not use a proxy.

Any help???
This is the update log:



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ClamAV update process started at Fri Sep 05 15:45:42 2008
WARNING: Invalid DNS reply. Falling back to HTTP mode.
Reading CVD header (main.cvd): WARNING: Can't get information about database.clamav.net: No IP address
WARNING: Can't read main.cvd header from database.clamav.net (IP: )
Trying again in 5 secs...
ClamAV update process started at Fri Sep 05 15:46:06 2008
WARNING: Invalid DNS reply. Falling back to HTTP mode.
Reading CVD header (main.cvd): WARNING: Can't get information about database.clamav.net: No IP address
WARNING: Can't read main.cvd header from database.clamav.net (IP: )
Trying again in 5 secs...
ClamAV update process started at Fri Sep 05 15:46:31 2008
WARNING: Invalid DNS reply. Falling back to HTTP mode.
Reading CVD header (main.cvd): ERROR: Can't get information about database.clamav.net: No IP address
WARNING: Can't read main.cvd header from database.clamav.net (IP: )
Giving up on database.clamav.net...
Update failed. Your network may be down or none of the mirrors listed in freshclam.conf is working. Check https://www.clamav.net/support/mirror-problem for possible reasons.
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I'm pasting the entire contents of the file in here. Clearly, the second portion is for the scan, not the update. Additionally, there is no entry in ClamUpdateLog.txt. Thanks.

-Pete

System Locale: ('en_US', 'cp1252')
Default Encoding: cp1252
command line path:
Internet online: 1
Scheduler terminated
Exit Code: 0
Cleanup for process 00000d34
running task on: 05-09-08 02:30:00. Frequency is: Daily

Scanning: "C:\\"
clamscan.exe command line: "C:\Program Files\ClamWin\bin\clamscan.exe" --tempdir "c:\users\euphorik\appdata\local\temp" --keep-mbox --stdout --database="C:\ProgramData\.clamwin\db" --log="c:\users\euphorik\appdata\local\temp\tmp9lebsq" --no-phishing-sigs --no-phishing-scan-urls --no-mail --infected --max-files=500 --max-scansize=150M --max-recursion=5 --max-filesize=100M --move="C:\temp\clamwin-quarantine" --recursive --exclude="[^\]*\.dbx$" --exclude="[^\]*\.tbb$" --exclude="[^\]*\.pst$" --exclude="[^\]*\.dat$" --exclude="[^\]*\.log$" --exclude="[^\]*\.evt$" --exclude="[^\]*\.nsf$" --exclude="[^\]*\.ntf$" --exclude="[^\]*\.chm$" --kill "C:\\"
"C:\Program Files\ClamWin\bin\clamscan.exe" --tempdir "c:\users\euphorik\appdata\local\temp" --keep-mbox --stdout --database="C:\ProgramData\.clamwin\db" --log="c:\users\euphorik\appdata\local\temp\tmp9lebsq" --no-phishing-sigs --no-phishing-scan-urls --no-mail --infected --max-files=500 --max-scansize=150M --max-recursion=5 --max-filesize=100M --move="C:\temp\clamwin-quarantine" --recursive --exclude="[^\]*\.dbx$" --exclude="[^\]*\.tbb$" --exclude="[^\]*\.pst$" --exclude="[^\]*\.dat$" --exclude="[^\]*\.log$" --exclude="[^\]*\.evt$" --exclude="[^\]*\.nsf$" --exclude="[^\]*\.ntf$" --exclude="[^\]*\.chm$" --kill "C:\\" --memory
Scheduling task (<__main__>, 'C:\\', 'Scan C:\\ Daily', 1) for: Sat Sep 06 02:30:00 2008
Exit Code: -1073741819
Cleanup for process 00000d60
removing temp file clamav-26b1b99d15e70fb4c13eec34854565c4.00000d60.clamtmp

I have the same problem - Did you get it resolved?

I run it on a windows 2003 server, and it never updates by itself, no user is logged on, could that be the problem? The problem is on 0.93 and 0.94

a user needs to be logged on with clamtray.exe running for clamwin scheduler to work

Then... i am no longer a user of clamwin

you can always use windows task scheduler and freshclam.exe
It has been discussed in this forum.

When I first installed ClamWin a few versions ago, I could not get the program to collect updates -- even from the installer which prompts to get them during the installation. After much hair-pulling, I got it to work; but only from another workstation and using a batch file with the line:

\\SERVER\DRIVE_e\Clamwin\bin\freshclam --datadir=\\SERVER\DRIVE_e\Clamwin\db --config-file=\\SERVER\DRIVE_e\Clamwin\bin\freshclam.conf --log=\\SERVER\DRIVE_e\Clamwin\log\update.log

and with a specially modified FRESHCLAM.CONF provided to me by another user:

Checks 24
DNSDatabaseInfo current.cvd.clamav.net
DatabaseDirectory /var/clamav
DatabaseMirror db.local.clamav.net
DatabaseMirror database.clamav.net
DatabaseOwner clamav
# Foreground
# LogVerbose
MaxAttempts 6

Then I upgraded to v0.94 and the updating failed again. Now I've upgraded to 0.94.1 and still it refuses to update. I've even tried reverting to the original 2-line Freshclam.conf file with no success.

What happens is the updating window appears, reporting the time of the start of the update but nothing further happens regardless of how long I wait (10-15 minutes). The log file contains only that line as well. No clues as to the problem.
FWIW, these are W98SE machines on a home LAN.

What am I missing?

Paul

Hi,

Im using XP home and for a long time I used to manually update the database no probs... then suddenly I started to get all the errors pasted on the forum here. Havent been able to update for months, uninstalled the prog, downloaded the latest version and I couldnt even download the database with the new installation from the clamwin site. Surely the developers must know this is happening to loads of people??? or have I missed the solution???

Best Kit

hey,

since a day or 3 I'm getting the following error when I try to update my db:



I read the FAQ & tried going to the clamav address in the message, but firefox just gives a blank page & says there's nothing there (so does IE btw)

thx

You might uninstall ClamWin and then reinstall it. If you use another antivirus, run a scan with it before you reinstall. See if you get the signature databases (both of them) after the reinstall. Please get back here with results.

Regards,

ok, so I reinstalled, it updated once & now it won't update (yet) again
god, I hate vista; it all started when got this new laptop with that shitty OS
I've allowed it in my firewwall settings & all...

Make sure you have configured ClamWin for automatic updates in its Preferences - Internet Updates. If it's already configured, do some searching/FAQ reviewing for a similar problem on the ClamWin site.

Regards,

I have windows XP Professional 2002 Service Pack 2; my auto updates keeps giving me an error report. Any suggestions please be descriptive I am not a computer whiz.

Here is the error report below:

ClamAV update process started at Fri Jun 26 01:20:28 2009
main.cld is up to date (version: 51, sigs: 545035, f-level: 42, builder: sven)
WARNING: Can't get information about database.clamav.net: No IP address
WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily-9420.cdiff from database.clamav.net
WARNING: Can't get information about database.clamav.net: No IP address
WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily-9420.cdiff from database.clamav.net
WARNING: Can't get information about database.clamav.net: No IP address
WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily-9420.cdiff from database.clamav.net
WARNING: Can't get information about database.clamav.net: No IP address
WARNING: Can't download daily.cvd from database.clamav.net
Trying again in 5 secs...
ClamAV update process started at Fri Jun 26 01:20:35 2009
main.cld is up to date (version: 51, sigs: 545035, f-level: 42, builder: sven)
WARNING: Can't get information about database.clamav.net: No IP address
WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily-9420.cdiff from database.clamav.net
WARNING: Can't get information about database.clamav.net: No IP address
WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily-9420.cdiff from database.clamav.net
WARNING: Can't get information about database.clamav.net: No IP address
WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily-9420.cdiff from database.clamav.net
WARNING: Can't get information about database.clamav.net: No IP address
WARNING: Can't download daily.cvd from database.clamav.net
Trying again in 5 secs...
ClamAV update process started at Fri Jun 26 01:20:42 2009
main.cld is up to date (version: 51, sigs: 545035, f-level: 42, builder: sven)
WARNING: Can't get information about database.clamav.net: No IP address
WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily-9420.cdiff from database.clamav.net
WARNING: Can't get information about database.clamav.net: No IP address
WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily-9420.cdiff from database.clamav.net
ERROR: Can't get information about database.clamav.net: No IP address
ERROR: Can't get information about database.clamav.net: No IP address
ERROR: Can't download daily.cvd from database.clamav.net
Giving up on database.clamav.net...
Update failed. Your network may be down or none of the mirrors listed in c:\docume~1\tasmin~1\locals~1\temp\tmphvzwve is working. Check https://www.clamav.net/support/mirror-problem for possible reasons.

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Thanks