On 03/19/2010 09:16 AM, John Williams wrote: > Ok...so it is. Apparently the version I'm getting through apt-get on ubuntu > is .95.2. Looking at the site the newest is .95.3. Well ok so I need to > update. However I have a major issue. I was planning to use clamav to scan > user uploaded files, however when I import pyclamav and it register's out of > date it doesn't just politely inform me it's time to update it takes down my > entire django development server with it.
That is a bug in pyclamav, or how it is used then. Can you show a simple example of using pyclamav that dies when clamav is out of date? > > I can't fathom a possible reason that the best response the an out of date > virus scanner is the moment it gets imported to kill the entire process. > Log a warning sure, go "No way I'm not going to let you scan anything until > you update". Worse it managed to kill the entire development server process > for some unknown reason. I can't ever imagine launching a live site with > something that I've seen act like this. I miss an update by a few days of a > mostly non essential piece of software and my entire file upload system (and > possibly even the webserver) is done for? > > Clearly the "solution" to the problem is to update my version....but how do > I prevent clam from doing this at all. If I'm slow to update it shouldn't > completely disable itself. It doesn't, it keeps scanning. At least that happens when you use clamd or clamscan. Best regards, --Edwin _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
