[clamav-users] My outdated Clam

2012-03-06 Thread Steve Kirkby
I can't get through the tech. complexity of upgrading my ClamAV, version 2.2.2. I am not a computer engineer, just a user. On getting the daily message in Console that my ClamAV engine is outdated (don't panic), I deleted Clam and its associated files from my machine and redownloaded it from you

Re: [clamav-users] My outdated Clam

2012-03-06 Thread shuttlebox
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Steve Kirkby wrote: > I can't get through the tech. complexity of upgrading my ClamAV, version > 2.2.2. I am not a computer engineer, just a user. On getting the daily > message in Console that my ClamAV engine is outdated (don't panic), I deleted > Clam and its

Re: [clamav-users] My outdated Clam

2012-03-06 Thread Török Edwin
On 03/06/2012 12:43 PM, Steve Kirkby wrote: > I can't get through the tech. complexity of upgrading my ClamAV, version > 2.2.2. You mean ClamXav, which is a graphical frontend to ClamAV. Apparently ClamXav 2.2.2 comes with ClamAV engine version 0.97.2. The latest version of the ClamAV engine is

Re: [clamav-users] My outdated Clam

2012-03-06 Thread Török Edwin
On 03/06/2012 02:23 PM, shuttlebox wrote: > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Steve Kirkby wrote: >> I can't get through the tech. complexity of upgrading my ClamAV, version >> 2.2.2. I am not a computer engineer, just a user. On getting the daily >> message in Console that my ClamAV engine is ou

Re: [clamav-users] My outdated Clam

2012-03-06 Thread shuttlebox
2012/3/6 Török Edwin : > On 03/06/2012 02:23 PM, shuttlebox wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Steve Kirkby wrote: >>> I can't get through the tech. complexity of upgrading my ClamAV, version >>> 2.2.2. I am not a computer engineer, just a user. On getting the daily >>> message in Consol

Re: [clamav-users] My outdated Clam

2012-03-06 Thread G.W. Haywood
Hi there, On Tue, 6 Mar 2012, Steve Kirkby wrote: I can't get through the tech. complexity of upgrading my ClamAV, version 2.2.2. I am not a computer engineer, just a user. ... ... What to do please? (Perhaps Clam is too unfriendly for ordinary users.) Thanks for any help (but no unix code or

Re: [clamav-users] My outdated Clam

2012-03-06 Thread Mark Allan
On 6 Mar 2012, at 14:49, G.W. Haywood wrote: > On Tue, 6 Mar 2012, Steve Kirkby wrote: > >> I can't get through the tech. complexity of upgrading my ClamAV, >> version 2.2.2. I am not a computer engineer, just a user. ... >> ... >> What to do please? (Perhaps Clam is too unfriendly for ordinary >>

Re: [clamav-users] My outdated Clam

2012-03-06 Thread Al Varnell
On 3/6/12 2:43 AM, "Steve Kirkby" wrote: > I can't get through the tech. complexity of upgrading my ClamAV, version > 2.2.2. I am not a computer engineer, just a user. On getting the daily message > in Console that my ClamAV engine is outdated (don't panic), I deleted Clam and > its associated fi

Re: [clamav-users] My outdated Clam.

2012-03-07 Thread Steve Kirkby
Following Edwin's reply (and thanks for that) I visited the clamav.net site. I downloaded the ClamAV 0.97.3 install guide. It consists of 17 pages of highly technical instructions which are so beyond me that I could not even think of doing anything that it says: Firmware password; Terminal instr

Re: [clamav-users] My outdated Clam.

2012-03-07 Thread Bowie Bailey
On 3/7/2012 2:25 PM, Steve Kirkby wrote: > Following Edwin's reply (and thanks for that) I visited the clamav.net site. > I downloaded the ClamAV 0.97.3 install guide. It consists of 17 pages of > highly technical instructions which are so beyond me that I could not even > think of doing anythin

Re: [clamav-users] My outdated Clam.

2012-03-07 Thread Al Varnell
On 3/7/12 11:25 AM, "Steve Kirkby" wrote: > Following Edwin's reply (and thanks for that) I visited the clamav.net site. > Did you not receive a reply from Mark Allan or myself? You should not be attempting to install the engine on a Mac. The appropriate site for assistance with ClamXav, to incl

Re: [clamav-users] My outdated Clam.

2012-03-07 Thread Frank Chan
On 07-03-2012 11:25, Steve Kirkby wrote: Following Edwin's reply (and thanks for that) I visited the clamav.net site. I downloaded the ClamAV 0.97.3 install guide. It consists of 17 pages of highly technical instructions which are so beyond me that I could not even think of doing anything that

Re: [clamav-users] My outdated Clam.

2012-03-10 Thread Jim Preston
On 03/07/2012 12:25 PM, Steve Kirkby wrote: I accept that clam is a good anti-malware software, and that those who understand all this technicality are very knowledgable and intelligent, but it is so many light-years away for the average consumer that it is unsuitable for any other user than

Re: [clamav-users] My outdated Clam.

2012-03-12 Thread Shawn Bakhtiar
: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 11:47:57 -0700 > From: jimli...@commspeed.net > To: clamav-users@lists.clamav.net > Subject: Re: [clamav-users] My outdated Clam. > > On 03/07/2012 12:25 PM, Steve Kirkby wrote: > > > > I accept that clam is a good anti-malware software, and t

Re: [clamav-users] My outdated Clam

2012-03-13 Thread Shawn Bakhtiar
> From: k...@today.plus.com > Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 10:43:18 + > To: clamav-users@lists.clamav.net > Subject: [clamav-users] My outdated Clam > > I can't get through the tech. complexity of upgrading my ClamAV, version > 2.2.2. I am not a computer engineer, just a user. On getting

Re: [clamav-users] My outdated Clam.

2012-03-14 Thread Steve Kirkby
Shawn Bakhtiar said: "It's [Clam] not just good, it's great ". I am sure it is. But it is only for highly technically competent people. (And there is nothing wrong in that.) "Yes, the average consumer should not be concerned with such stuff, but if you'r on this list, I would hardly consider y

Re: [clamav-users] My outdated Clam.

2012-03-14 Thread Paul Kraus
On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Steve Kirkby wrote: > Shawn Bakhtiar said: > > "It's [Clam] not just good, it's great ". > > I am sure it is. But it is only for highly technically competent people. (And > there is nothing wrong in that.) I disagree with that assertion. ClamAV in it's source

Re: [clamav-users] My outdated Clam.

2012-03-14 Thread Al Varnell
On 3/14/12 5:12 AM, "Steve Kirkby" wrote: > Shawn Bakhtiar said: > > "It's [Clam] not just good, it's great ". > > I am sure it is. But it is only for highly technically competent people. (And > there is nothing wrong in that.) > > "Yes, the average consumer should not be concerned with such s

Re: [clamav-users] My outdated Clam.

2012-03-14 Thread Ralf Quint
At 08:50 AM 3/14/2012, Al Varnell wrote: On 3/14/12 5:12 AM, "Steve Kirkby" wrote: > > Exactly. But I dropped into Clam from a recommendation on the Apple > discussions Group. There are some highly technical people there but in the > post the recommender was addressing average uses of the Mac. >

Re: [clamav-users] My outdated Clam.

2012-03-14 Thread Jim Preston
On 03/14/2012 05:12 AM, Steve Kirkby wrote: Shawn Bakhtiar said: "It's [Clam] not just good, it's great ". I am sure it is. But it is only for highly technically competent people. (And there is nothing wrong in that.) "Yes, the average consumer should not be concerned with such stuff, but if