Hi there, On Sat, 10 Sep 2022, colin course via clamav-users wrote:
could you take a quick look at my freshclam config please ...
The configuration for freshclam determines things like when and how the signature database for ClamAV on your computer will be updated. If you want us to guess how ClamAV is likely to behave when it looks for threats on your system, then it would probably be more useful to post the configuration for the clamd scanning daemon together with a bit of information about the system. The configuration is usually in the file called 'clamd.conf' but some Linux distributions mess around with the way things are configured so you might need to look for other files. Some of the most important things we need to know about the system are how much memory it has installed; what operating system it is running; what other things are running on the system (especially if they might use a lot of memory); what you've done wth it; and anything you can tell us which makes you think that it's been compromised. Try to be very precise. For reasons which completely elude me, sometimes in your posts you have deliberately tried to be obscure. Do please be aware that the time I have remaining to me in my life is far too short to bother with riddles. If you want *me* to guess at things you'll be disappointed. Rather than struggle with riddles I'll just ignore them.
i have a virus as i tried to exsplain to Ged been with me since 22nd of November like an old aquaintence it is now.
In January I told you that, because your computer had less than half a gigabyte of memory available, it would not be able to run ClamAV with the full set of 'official' signature files: https://lists.clamav.net/pipermail/clamav-users/2022-January/012257.html I also suggested that the safest way to remove the virus from the computer (if one was there) is to wipe the entire system and install from scratch: https://lists.clamav.net/pipermail/clamav-users/2022-January/012247.html What have you actually done?
One thing it will not let me do is set file permisions in directories
I have already explained that before you mess with file permissions you need to know what you're doing: https://lists.clamav.net/pipermail/clamav-users/2022-January/012253.html
i have tried to scan single files with clamtk but its just taking to much juice i hear clamd is a gentler scanner ,which i do have installed on my system
Unless I've missed something, ClamTK is just a graphical interface to the ClamAV scanner: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ClamTk If anything it is likely to be less gentle than ClamAV used by itself, at least if you're careful in the way that you use ClamAV commands. ClamTK will in any case probably use more memory than ClamAV by itself (because that's the way things usually are with graphical interfaces) and at least the last time we discussed this your system was much too short of memory to load the full 'official' ClamAV signature database. My crystal ball has been distinctly foggy since I fell off my bike so please, take it from the top and tell us what we need to know so that we can help you. If you really do have a virus on your computer it's best if you don't keep it connected to the Internet. It's irresponsible. If it really is a virus then it's much more likely to be a problem if it's able to contact (a) the malicious folks who put it on your computer, who will use it for crime and (b) more victims - by which I mean everyone else. Incidentally I see you're using Yandex mail. You might try using your favourite search engine to search for Yandex malware You might just have found something which has taken over your browser, but that's really a guess. If you have, then I'm afraid the ClamAV is not designed to help you get rid of it. My main advice is unchanged from what it was in January but you *might* get away with removing all traces of your browser and installing one from scratch. -- 73, Ged. _______________________________________________ clamav-users mailing list clamav-users@lists.clamav.net https://lists.clamav.net/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav-documentation https://docs.clamav.net/#mailing-lists-and-chat
