WARNING: ClamAV 0.94.2 is OUTDATED

[McPhil]

Hi we get this warning a few times each day for the last couple of days:

Last ClamAV update process started at Mon Mar 30 17:13:44 2009

Last Status:
WARNING: Your ClamAV installation is OUTDATED!
WARNING: Local version: 0.94.2 Recommended version: 0.95
main.cld is up to date (version: 50, sigs: 500667, f-level: 38, builder: sven)
daily.cld is up to date (version: 9180, sigs: 37728, f-level: 41, builder: guitar)

Does anyone know when WHM will install the new version? We are using the automatic Current branch and WHM is still using outdated ClamAV. It seems important because of April 1 with all the new virus alerts going out?

[Oldiesmann]

It's fairly easy to upgrade it yourself. I did it yesterday because I was tired of waiting for the new version to be included in the upgrades...

Here's what you do (slightly modified version of http://forums.knownhost.com/showthread.php?p=4540):

First, download the latest version from Sourceforge:

wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/clamav/clamav-0.95.tar.gz

Extract it and move into that directory:

tar -xzf clamav-*
cd clamav*

Compile:

./configure --prefix=/usr
make
make install

Comment out examples in the config files:

replace "Example" "#Example" -- /usr/etc/freshclam.conf
replace "Example" "#Example" -- /usr/etc/clamd.conf

Get the new virus definitions:

freshclam

Then just make sure you have the latest version of the ClamAV scanner if you're using it (this can be done from the "Manage Plugins" screen in the cPanel section of WHM).

[jshanley]

Hi,

Just a quick update for those that may find this thread later.
It's important to specify the sysconfdir option so you don't get configurations installed to /usr/etc, and similar issues.

if [ -d "/usr/lib64" ]; then libdir="--libdir=/usr/lib64" ; fi ; ./configure --prefix=/usr $libdir --sysconfdir=/etc --disable-ipv6 --disable-zlib-vcheck

[encikacop]

So as conclusion, you can run below scripts to update Clam AV. Please change the version on the wget line if you want to update.

cd /usr/local/src
rm -Rf clamav-*
wget http://biznetnetworks.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/clamav/clamav-0.95.2.tar.gz
tar -xzf clamav-*
cd clamav-*
if [ -d "/usr/lib64" ]; then libdir="--libdir=/usr/lib64" ; fi ; ./configure --prefix=/usr $libdir --sysconfdir=/etc --disable-ipv6 --disable-zlib-vcheck
make
make install
freshclam
echo "ClamAV update complete!"

[upsforum]

I updated clamav like above but I get same error:

ClamAV update process started at Tue Jul 7 09:55:38 2009
WARNING: Your ClamAV installation is OUTDATED!
WARNING: Local version: 0.91 Recommended version: 0.95.2
DON'T PANIC! Read Clam AntiVirus
main.inc is up to date (version: 51, sigs: 545035, f-level: 42, builder: sven)
daily.cvd is up to date (version: 9539, sigs: 38484, f-level: 43, builder: neo)

[asiams]

I have updated as this thread shows, but I also get the same error messages regardless of the update.

Yes, I have updated Clamavconnector from WHM.

Upgraded to 0.95.3, but still somehow the clamav scans with old version.

Where should I correct in order for Clamav to search with new version?

Thanks.

[asiams]

here is my version installed:

root@server24 [/usr/local/cpanel/modules-install]# clamd -V
ClamAV 0.95.3/10540/Wed Mar 10 02:58:43 2010

So the update was done properly?

Any idea?

thanks.

[asiams]

It seems that there are two copies of clamav installed.

How can I safely uninstall the old one?

root@server24 [/usr/local/src/clamav-0.95.3]# ldd 'which freshclam'
ldd: ./which freshclam: No such file or directory

root@server24 [/usr/local/src/clamav-0.95.3]# whereis freshclam
freshclam: /usr/bin/freshclam /etc/freshclam.conf /usr/local/bin/freshclam /usr/man/man1/freshclam.1 /usr/share/man/man1/freshclam.1

When logwatch ran, here is the result:

--------------------- clam-update Begin ------------------------

The ClamAV update process was started 2 time(s)

Last ClamAV update process started at Wed Mar 12 00:31:31 2008

Last Status:
WARNING: Your ClamAV installation is OUTDATED!
WARNING: Local version: 0.91.2 Recommended version: 0.92.1
DON'T PANIC! Read Clam AntiVirus

--------------------------------------------------------------------

Any suggestions?

Thanks.