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pagejk
Joined: 28 Dec 2007 |
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Location: Kansas City |
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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 3:10 pm |
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I'm using Clam Win on my parents' computer. It's worked well for a year, but all of a sudden, I'm getting this message when I begin a scan: An error occurred: malformed database. No scanning takes place and there is no other information. Has this happened to anyone else? What can be done? Thanks. JP
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budtse
Joined: 14 Jan 2006 |
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Location: Belgium |
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Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:37 pm |
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No problems here.
What you can try is to delete the database files (they should be under C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\.clamwin\db or a similar location, you can find the exact path in the ClamWin Settings). Delete all files/folders except for mirrors.dat there and then update the database (it will download a new copy).
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tasbiha
Joined: 26 Aug 2010 |
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Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 12:18 am |
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I googled and found this old thread. This is exactly my problem. I deleted what the above poster said to delete, tried to run ClamWin and it said I had to redo the database. Took 3 attempts before it downloaded. Then I tried to use my antivirus scan, and I got the exact same message: ERROR: Malformed database
Should I try to uninstall clamwin and reinstall it?
By the way, just this afternoon I downloaded the latest version of ClamWin.
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GuitarBob
Joined: 09 Jul 2006 |
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Location: USA |
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Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 2:39 am |
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Budtse's informaltion is correct. I have this problem once-in-a-while, and it works. Like he says, delete the database files again and keep the mirror information. If that doesn't work, you can try a complete uninstall and a new install just in case it will work.
Get back here if you can't fix it. What sort of computer (OS) are you running ClamWin on?
Regards,
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urmel
Joined: 26 Aug 2010 |
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Location: Berlin/Germany |
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Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 3:11 pm |
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Hi,
same problem over here...
I'm using clamAV via the Knoppicillin rescue disk.
If you'll solve it, pleeeease let me know.
Thanks,
urmel
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