On Sun, 2010-09-26 at 23:09 +0300, Török Edwin wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Sep 2010 20:02:42 +0100
> John Horne <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > Using ClamAV 0.96.2, for some reason over the weekend we have started
> > to see these error messages in our freshclam log file:
> > 
> >     Sun Sep 26 19:25:55 2010 -> ERROR: SubmitDetectionStats: Incorrect
> >     format of the log file (1)
> > 
> > This has occurred on more than one server, and as far as I can see the
> > clamd and freshclam log files look fine.
> 
> freshclam needs lines ending like this:
> : virusname FOUND
> 
> > Any ideas about this?
> 
> Apply this patch, then run freshclam --submit-stats again. It should
> print exactly which line is causing problems in the logfile
> 
Hello,

Apologies for the delay. Our logs have of course rotated now, and so we
are not getting the messages any more. I have upgraded our servers to
0.96.3, and included the part of the patch recording the line in the
error message.

I have looked through our archived clamd log for the time given, and I
think I have found the lines causing a problem:

=======================================================
Sun Sep 26 05:28:43 2010
-> /var/spool/exim/scan/1Oziqx-0003dI-DG/1Oziqx-0003dI-DG.eml:
Sanesecurity.Rogue.0hr.0925v23071 .UNOFFICIAL FOUND
Sun Sep 26 05:59:52 2010
-> /var/spool/exim/scan/1OzjL6-0004gA-5m/1OzjL6-0004gA-5m.eml:
Sanesecurity.Rogue.0hr.0925v23071 .UNOFFICIAL FOUND
Sun Sep 26 07:14:27 2010
-> /var/spool/exim/scan/1OzkVH-0002E3-MP/1OzkVH-0002E3-MP.eml:
Sanesecurity.Rogue.0hr.0925v23071 .UNOFFICIAL FOUND
Sun Sep 26 18:56:18 2010
-> /var/spool/exim/scan/1OzvSU-0003Fr-BM/1OzvSU-0003Fr-BM.eml:
Sanesecurity.Rogue.0hr.0925v23071 .UNOFFICIAL FOUND
=======================================================

As can be seen there is a space before the '.UNOFFICIAL'. I have checked
through our archived Sanesecurity 'rogue' file, and the entry does have
a space at the end. The Sanesecurity files have obviously been updated
by now, so we are no longer seeing the problem.



Thanks,

John.

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University of Plymouth, UK   Fax: +44 (0)1752 587001
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