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New to ClamWin, getting LibClamAV Error: cl_load()
Westside415


Joined: 03 Aug 2011
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Hi,

I just downloaded ClamWin. I'm running Windows 7. I went to the command line and specifically to the bin directory of ClamWin. I typed in the below as a test basically trying to scan one of the files in the bin directory.

Some of the examples on the forum here mention a "db" directory but I don't have that on my side. I'm wondering if that's the problem. In any case, here is what I'm running on the command line from within the bin directory

C:\Program Files (x86)\ClamWin\bin>clamscan.exe --database="C:\program files (x86)\ClamWin\db" ClamWin.conf
LibClamAV Error: cli_loaddb(): No supported database files found in C:\program files (x86)\ClamWin\db
ERROR: Can't open file or directory

----------- SCAN SUMMARY -----------
Known viruses: 0
Engine version: 0.97.1
Scanned directories: 0
Scanned files: 0
Infected files: 0
Data scanned: 0.00 MB
Data read: 0.00 MB (ratio 0.00:1)
Time: 0.008 sec (0 m 0 s)

Any idea what's going on?

Thanks
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alch
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Joined: 27 Nov 2005
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database directory is usually in "C:\Users\All Users\.clamwin\db"
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GuitarBob


Joined: 09 Jul 2006
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On my Windows 7 laptop, the database directory is C:\ProgramData\.clamwin\db . Re: the Windows command line/batch stuff, I haven't been able to do much since verson .95. I can't even prepare HTML signatures....

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Westside415


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Thanks.. that worked. It was here : C:\ProgramData\.clamwin\db

That folder must be a hidden folder or something by default.
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GuitarBob


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No, it is not hidden. Blame Microsoft--every time there is a new Windows version, they change things!

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