G.W. Haywood wrote: > Hi there, > > On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 Dennis Peterson wrote: > >> David Liang wrote: >>> Do you mean there are multiple virus databases on my server? For the >>> clamav was installed by other people, so I didn't notice it. Is it OK >>> to delete other virus database just leave daily.inc and main.inc? >> Yes - you have both inc and cvd versions as well as a number of older >> broken downloads. Files or directories with name patterns such as >> clamav-3d5c333808b1d1d7e983fa988790288f are not supposed to remain on >> the system - if they are older than the most recent freshclam session >> then they are debris left over from an earlier failed freshclam session. >> Of the files provided by freshclam downloads, there should be no files >> in there that are older than the most recent main.inc files. >> >> There may be other non-ClamAV managed pattern files there that can be >> older (SaneSecurity, MSRBL, self-constructed database files), but even >> these, if present, should be kept up to date. You have none so it's not >> an issue for you. > > Jut thinking out loud, is all this written down somewhere (else:)?
Someone could always correct it for errors and omissions and paste it into the ClamAV Wiki. Otherwise, I don't know. dp _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
