On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 21:34:44 -0500 Bart Silverstrim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Mar 10, 2004, at 9:26 PM, Jonathan T. Sage wrote: > > > Bart - > > > > just a thought, but it is possible that the port updated the virus > > database to the possibly older version in the distfile. You may > > want to run freshclam and see if this clears up the issue. Hopefully > > thats all the problem is. > > > > hope this helps > > > > On a lark, I reran the test (situation: I ssh to my home account that > isn't filtered, and send myself two small viruses that some MS user > was so kind to have unknowingly sent to me...I'm using Mac to > store/send them, so I guess it's nice to be immune when I have to test > these things :-) > > Weird. It caught it this time. And I did run a freshclam, thinking > something odd happened to the database. Perhaps clamd just doesn't > see the update right away? (there's also a freshclam run from a cron > script every four hours or so). I doublechecked and I wasn't > imagining things; one virus I sent slipped right through the first > time, but this time in an identical test almost five hours later the > antivirus on the FreeBSD filter slapped it right down. > > Not gonna question it though, as long as it's working! Thanks! > Just a thought, do you have '#NotifyClamd [/optional/config/file/path]' uncommented in freshclam.conf -- Cogeco ergo sum
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