Is an update to ClamAV on the way?

[Mark C. Allman]

I just started seeing this warning:

***********************************************************
***  This version of the ClamAV engine is outdated.     ***
*** DON'T PANIC! Read http://www.clamav.net/support/faq ***
***********************************************************

(each line starts with "LibClamAV Warning: " but I cut that off to show
the lines w/o line wraps).

This just started yesterday if I recall correctly.  I haven't updated
anything other than letting freshclam run periodically.

System:
Linux fornax 2.6.35.6-48.fc14.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Oct 22 15:36:08 UTC 2010
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Packages installed:
clamav-milter-upstart-0.96.4-1400.fc14.noarch
clamav-filesystem-0.96.4-1400.fc14.noarch
clamav-lib-0.96.4-1400.fc14.x86_64
clamav-0.96.4-1400.fc14.x86_64
clamav-update-0.96.4-1400.fc14.x86_64
clamav-data-0.96.4-1400.fc14.noarch
clamav-milter-0.96.4-1400.fc14.x86_64

[Frank Murphy]

On 03/12/10 17:38, Mark C. Allman wrote:
> I just started seeing this warning:
>
> ***  This version of the ClamAV engine is outdated.     ***
> *** DON'T PANIC! Read http://www.clamav.net/support/faq ***

No need to panic.
The maintainer will get to it,
upstream just released an update on:
http://lurker.clamav.net/message/20101130.141720.df0fdbf3.en.html

[Chris Smart]

On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 4:38 AM, Mark C. Allman  wrote:
> I just started seeing this warning:

Freshclam will still be getting the same definitions, so don't worry
(as the message says). As Frank mentioned, there's a new version of
ClamAV (the engine), which will be packaged in time.

So you're still covered, and you can safely ignore that warning.

-c

[Mark C. Allman]

On Sat, 2010-12-04 at 09:01 +1100, Chris Smart wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 4:38 AM, Mark C. Allman  wrote:
> > I just started seeing this warning:
>
> Freshclam will still be getting the same definitions, so don't worry
> (as the message says). As Frank mentioned, there's a new version of
> ClamAV (the engine), which will be packaged in time.
>
> So you're still covered, and you can safely ignore that warning.
>
> -c

So there is an update on the way--that's what I wanted to know.  I
didn't see it on the website.  I assume we've already picked up the
database updates via freshclam (hence the warning).

[Chris Smart]

On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Mark C. Allman  wrote:
> So there is an update on the way--that's what I wanted to know.  I
> didn't see it on the website.  I assume we've already picked up the
> database updates via freshclam (hence the warning).

The ClamAV website says 0.96.5 is the latest
(http://www.clamav.net/lang/en/download/sources/), which Fedora has
not yet packaged. You're running 0.96.4 and Freshclam gets updates
directly from the web, Fedora does not package them.

-c