I don’t see how that can possibly happen if you use freshclam instead of curl. You only need to download main.cvd once ever few years, so once you have a clean copy you should be set.
-Al- On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 02:29 AM, Zvi Kave wrote: > > Al, > > But the problem is that in 90% of the cases, > > instead of getting the real main.cvd or daily.cvd, > > I get a file with the following text: > > <|DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN"> > <html><head> > <title>403 Forbidden</title> > </head><body> > <h1>Forbidden</h1> > <p>You don't have permission to access /daily.cvd > on this server.<br /> > </p> > <hr> > <address>Apache/2.4.20 (Unix) OpenSSL/1.0.2g Server at <a > href="mailto:webmas...@omroep.nl";>database.clamav.net</a> Port 80</addresss> > </body></html> > > Regards, > > Zvi > > On 17/05/2016 12:13, Al Varnell wrote: >> Your main.cvd file should start with: >> >> ClamAV-VDB:16 Mar 2016 23-17 +0000:57:4218790:60:06386 >> >> If it doesn’t then your original download is corrupt and will need to be >> re-downloaded. >> >> -Al- >> >> On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 02:33 AM, Zvi Kave wrote: >>> Yes. Usually I got a lot of messages like this: >>> ClamAV update process started at Sat Apr 30 03:00:50 2016 >>> Reading CVD header (main.cvd): Trying again in 5 secs... >>> ClamAV update process started at Sat Apr 30 03:00:57 2016 >>> Reading CVD header (main.cvd): Trying again in 5 secs... >>> ClamAV update process started at Sat Apr 30 03:01:02 2016 >>> ClamAV update process started at Sat Apr 30 03:01:19 2016 >>> Reading CVD header (main.cvd): Trying again in 5 secs... >>> ClamAV update process started at Sat Apr 30 03:01:25 2016 >>> >>> Zvi >>> >>> On 16/05/2016 11:30, Al Varnell wrote: >>>> Is there some reason you are not using freshclam to do this initially and >>>> thereafter to download incremental updates? >>>> >>>> Sent from Janet's iPad >>>> >>>> -Al- >>>> >>>> On May 16, 2016, at 1:29 AM, Zvi Kave<zvi.k...@razlee.com> wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I am trying to download daily.cvd and main.cvd by curl command as follows: >>>>> >>>>> curl --data-binary -k"http://database.clamav.net/daily.cvd"; -G -o >>>>> daily.cvd >>>>> >>>>> Most of the time, I get this text instead of the real *.cvd file: >>>>> >>>>> <|DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN"> >>>>> <html><head> >>>>> <title>403 Forbidden</title> >>>>> </head><body> >>>>> <h1>Forbidden</h1> >>>>> <p>You don't have permission to access /daily.cvd >>>>> on this server.<br /> >>>>> </p> >>>>> <hr> >>>>> <address>Apache/2.4.20 (Unix) OpenSSL/1.0.2g Server at <a >>>>> href="mailto:webmas...@omroep.nl";>database.clamav.net</a> Port >>>>> 80</addresss> >>>>> </body></html> >>>>> >>>>> But randomly I get the real cvd file!? >>>>> >>>>> Can someone help me in this weird issue? >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Zvi >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: >>>> https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq >>>> >>>> http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: >>> https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq >>> >>> http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml >> -Al- >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: >> https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq >> >> http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml > > _______________________________________________ > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: > https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq > > http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml -Al- -- Al Varnell Mountain View, CA
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