Sent from my iPad On Aug 30, 2023, at 13:55, Jonathan Lee via clamav-users <clamav-users@lists.clamav.net> wrote: > This confusion stems from the following statement about main.cvd containing > and I quote "signatures previously in daily.cvd." Therefore, the signature > migration into main.cvd I assumed would constitute a new file or create a new > date and version number for the main.cvd after several new daily.cvd updates.
Your assumption is mostly correct, except that has sometimes taken several years before the developers have seen a need to migrate the daily.cvd into the main.cvd. At the start of every freshclam run there is a DNS check to determine the latest versions of .cvd files posted, the compares them with the versions you have. If your main.cvd is out-of-date, it will attempt to download the latest and if that fails you will get a notification in your freshclam.log to that effect. As long as your freshclam runs exit normally, you can be assured your database is fully up-to-date. -Al- _______________________________________________ Manage your clamav-users mailing list subscription / unsubscribe: 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
