Correct. It’s about once a quarter. However, if you are using FreshClam or cvdupdate, (as you should be), those tools will download the correct files when the correct files need to be downloaded.
> On Dec 21, 2021, at 3:21 PM, Kris Deugau <[email protected]> wrote: > > Vu, Hong-Duc V. via clamav-users wrote: >> Hello, >> How often does the main.cvd file get updated? According to this old post >> they have seven changes in two years. >> https://lists.clamav.net/pipermail/clamav-users/2014-September/000916.html >> This will help me troubleshoot any issues with my freshclam configuration if >> the file isnt getting updated in a reasonable time frame. > > Recent updates have been "when daily.cvd gets too big", and have been > announced on this list as well IIRC. Check the list archives. > > -kgd > > _______________________________________________ > > clamav-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.clamav.net/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users > > > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: > https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq > > http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml _______________________________________________ clamav-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.clamav.net/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml
