Hi All,
My clamd daemon died today. The log shows the following (see below). The
interesting message is
Thu Feb 21 10:33:18 2008 -> ERROR: reload db failed: Malformed database
Also interesting is the number of signature loaded: 406263 . Freshclam
reports
169676
I suspect a SaneSecurity update problem because I found 3 update cron jobs
still running. But the question is. Why does the loaded database contains so
many signatures?
If somebody found something similar before, I really appreciate any help.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Jose
---- SNIP ---
Thu Feb 21 09:02:42 2008 -> SelfCheck: Database modification detected.
Forcing reload.
Thu Feb 21 09:02:42 2008 -> Reading databases from /var/lib/clamav
Thu Feb 21 09:02:48 2008 -> Database correctly reloaded (406172 signatures)
Thu Feb 21 09:32:52 2008 -> SelfCheck: Database status OK.
Thu Feb 21 10:02:54 2008 -> SelfCheck: Database modification detected. Forcing
reload.
Thu Feb 21 10:02:54 2008 -> Reading databases from /var/lib/clamav
Thu Feb 21 10:03:01 2008 -> Database correctly reloaded (406198 signatures)
Thu Feb 21 10:33:12 2008 -> SelfCheck: Database modification detected. Forcing
reload.
Thu Feb 21 10:33:12 2008 -> Reading databases from /var/lib/clamav
Thu Feb 21 10:33:18 2008 -> ERROR: reload db failed: Malformed database
Thu Feb 21 10:33:18 2008 -> Terminating because of a fatal error.
Thu Feb 21 10:33:18 2008 -> Socket file removed.
Thu Feb 21 10:33:18 2008 -> Pid file removed.
Thu Feb 21 10:33:18 2008 -> --- Stopped at Thu Feb 21 10:33:18 2008
Thu Feb 21 15:20:27 2008 -> +++ Started at Thu Feb 21 15:20:27 2008
Thu Feb 21 15:20:27 2008 -> clamd daemon 0.92.1 (OS: linux-gnu, ARCH: i386,
CPU: i686)
Thu Feb 21 15:20:27 2008 -> Running as user amavis (UID 104, GID 106)
Thu Feb 21 15:20:27 2008 -> Log file size limited to 1048576 bytes.
Thu Feb 21 15:20:27 2008 -> Reading databases from /var/lib/clamav
Thu Feb 21 15:20:27 2008 -> Not loading PUA signatures.
Thu Feb 21 15:20:32 2008 -> Loaded 406263 signatures.
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