DevilsPGD wrote:
I've created a port of clamAV for Windows, to be built and compiled
using VS 2005.
And it's amazingly fast. I ditched my cygwin implementation almost
instantly (well, after about four hours of testing)
A few things... All very minor.
1) I can't get clamd to run under AppToService, although if I run a
"cmd.exe /c clamd" it works. Not a big deal.
The Power Tools from www.bandsman.co.uk/clamav.htm allow you to run
clamd as a Windows service (only tested on Windows XP Pro).
2) clamd's selfcheck always reports a new DB, even when freshclam hasn't
found anything new. I have freshclam notifying clamd successfully, so
this check should never find anything new. I shorted the interval and
it still reports a new DB each time, even though freshclam last updated
around 4am (my time zone)
I believe clamd is at fault, my hunch is that clamd just looks at
timestamps rather than file contents. It may be best to remove all the
contents of C:\Program Files\clamAV\data and rerun freshclam. Does that
help?
3) What's the correct way to specify paths in the conf files? Since the
default installation is at "C:\Program Files\clamd" I decided to stick
with that, but when I attempt to enter that into a conf file, it gives
me "C:\Program" -- I've tried with and without quotes.
C:\Progra~1 seems to work, but I wouldn't rely on that as there is no
guarantee that all systems will use ~1
You can't enter the location of a configuration file in that file
itself. Think about it - it's a paradox. You need to give the
configuration file's location as an argument to clamd, thus to use
the D drive try:
clamd -c "D:\Program Files\clamAV\conf\clamd.conf"
There is a known limitation in clamd.conf (and freshclam.conf) that you
can't specify spaces in pathnames, e.g. to change the location of the
log files. This is true of all operating systems, since it is a clamd
issue rather than an issue on the Windows version. You can raise the
issue either by discussing it on the clamav-users mailing list, or by
raising a bug at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks for all your efforts, I'm very impressed!
You're welcome ;-)
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