clamav users: i need your help..

[icedtea]

bash-3.00$ klamav
> QLayout "unnamed" added to Klamav "KlamAV ", which
> already has a layout
> klamav: network error or not set to check for new
> klamav
> klamav: /home/
> klamav: /home/ftp/
> klamav: /home/me/
> klamav: /home/
> ERROR: Can't initialize the virus database
>

so wats the meaning of the ERROR? is there something wrong in my installation or scan process? ? ? i need some of ur help...

this command line message appeared after pressing the scan button in clamav's GUI...

[Nerderello]

if you can, open the klamav gui (may be in your systray) and go to the update tab (don't touch the Virus Browser tab. Not yet) . In the Virus Database Directory, find (browse) the correct directory that has your virus database in. Mine is in /home/nerderello/.klamav/database , but yours may be in your root users home directory (/root).

You may even find that you need to run this as root.

Nerderello

[icedtea]

w8, i think i have done something wrong... just analyze, when i first opened clamav, a default path of the virus dbase where assumed to be in /home/me/.klamav/database(just like urs) BUT i didnt used it..rather i created a new folder named, klamavdb and make that the path of the virus dbase... (/home/me/klamavdb) coz i havent updated my clamav yet...and i saw the virus directory tab ur talking about...when i checked it, it is empty!!!(coz i have said, i made MY OWN DIRECTORY PATH for the virusdbase) do you mean that the default path given has already a stored dbase on it??? damn!! cn i access that again, how? please help..

OR i think one option is to really update my virusdbase in able for me to scan ...m i right?

[Nerderello]

Icetea,
to be honest I don't know. What I did was update Virus Database Directory, and then did an update (I have broadband so this didn't take long) and have been doing daily updates ever since.

So, sorry, but I can't really help.

Nerderello

[icedtea]

hmm ok... so wat will i download and save to the directory? is it the main.cvd or the daily.cvd? ? ? OR both? ? ? coz m havin a hard time updating it so m just downloading the lated virusdb...

[Nerderello]

this is what mine looks like :-

1756380 Jan  1 16:27 clamav-0b45345d0815a29b
96987 Jan 15 22:24 daily.cvd
 2750061 Jan  6 18:30 main.cvd

sorry I can't be of more help

Nerderello

[icedtea]

where did that came from? ? from wat directory is that?

[Nerderello]

/home/nerderello/.klamav/database

Nerderello

[icedtea]

hmmm have u tried visiting clamav.net? thats the site where it just downloaded the main and daily cvd and copied it in my directory... is this also the same as yours?

http://www.clamav.net/


so my virusdbase directory contains 2 items.. the main and daily.cvd.. that's all..

[Nerderello]

I've already posted the three files that are in my folder. See above.

Nerderello