ClamAV

Clam Antivirus

Virus scanner for mail and files.

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A handy script for adding more goodies

#!/usr/local/bin/bash
#extra signatures to catch spam and phishing
LOCATION=/var/db/clamav
GUNZIP=/usr/bin/gunzip
WGET=/usr/local/bin/wget
#and now the script itself
cd $LOCATION || exit -1
$WGET --timestamping http://ftp.tiscali.nl/sanesecurity/phish.ndb.gz && ${GUNZIP} -f phish.ndb.gz
$WGET --timestamping http://ftp.tiscali.nl/sanesecurity/scam.ndb.gz && ${GUNZIP} -f scam.ndb.gz
$WGET --timestamping http://download.mirror.msrbl.com/MSRBL-SPAM.ndb
$WGET --timestamping  http://download.mirror.msrbl.com/MSRBL-Images.hdb
$WGET -O - http://www.malware.com.br/cgi/submit?action=list_clamav > mbl.db
/usr/sbin/chown clamav:clamav *
killall -HUP clamd

FAQ

Amavis not finding socket clamd.ctl

Means clamd is busy handling the queue after a powre failure or such, the socket won't be created before it's done.

Milter (clmilter): local socket name /var/run/clamav/clmilter.sock unsafe

Usually means something like clamd not running.