Hi Steve, The error is:
Your network is explicitly denied by the fresh clam CDN. In order to rectify this please check that you are: a. Running an up-to-date version of fresh clam b. Running fresh clam no more than once an hour c. If you have checked a and b, please open a ticket at bugzilla.clamav.net under the mirrors component and we will investigate while your network is blocked. ERROR: Database uptech process failed: forbidden, blocked by CDN. ERROR: Update failed. Seems to me last time I checked clamav.net, that URL was down completely, or bugzilla was down at least. So how do I fix that CDN error which is prohibiting downloads? Thanks, Dave --- On Tue, May 12, 2026, 08:04 <[email protected]> wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 22:09:09 -0400 > Subject: [clamav-users] Help with ClamWin AV Definitions > Hello, > > I have seen postings on various places about ClamWin Antivirus definitions > not working lately. It looks to me like a certificate that was set up to > allow Windoze permissions to access the database on some Linux Server has > expired as of last year, and therefore, definitions do not automatically > (or manually) download. I am feeling very computer illiterate at this > point, but I am sure some of you have a solution for how an old Windows > user can get their machines to update the Clamwin Antivirus definitions > either manually or automatically. > > I used to write to one of the ClamWin administrators "Alex" when I needed > help, but with most of the ClamWin stuff on Sourceforge taken down, he is > no longer reachable either. > > Can someone please tell me in precise detail how to update the virus > definitions on a dozen different Windows computers of various ages (Win98SE > thru Win 11). A complete list of steps please. Do I need a local Linux > server to do this, or can I just pull them off of a server already existing > by changing some local settings? > > Thanks in advance for your help! > > Dave > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Steve Basford <[email protected]> > > > On 12 May 2026 03:10:19 DWCC Computers via clamav-users < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I have seen postings on various places about ClamWin Antivirus >> definitions not working lately. It looks to me like a certificate that was >> set up to allow Windoze permissions to access the database on some Linux >> Server has expired as of last year, and therefore, definitions do not >> automatically (or manually) download. I am feeling very computer illiterate >> at this point, but I am sure some of you have a solution for how an old >> Windows user can get their machines to update the Clamwin Antivirus >> definitions either manually or automatically. >> >> > ClamWin probably uses an outdated engine. > > You maybe able to use their updated engine from here.... > > https://oss.netfarm.it/clamav/ > > eg. clamav-1.5.2-legacy-x64.7z > > "You can use updated version of clamav binaries with ClamWin, download > 32bit version, extract and replace all files in ClamWin bin directory, you > also need to replace clamwin.zip in the ClamWin lib folder with this one." > > Obviously this doesn't use the official engine so you'll probably need to > get more help here... > > https://forums.clamwin.com/ > > Cheers, > > Steve > Sanesecurity > >
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