Clams.....

[Doug]

On 09/08/2012 09:49 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
> So I've gone ahead and taken some recommendations of others here, but 
> here's what I get when I try to update my Clam virus definitions files...
>
>
> ERROR: Please edit the example config file /etc/freshclam.conf
> ERROR: Can't open/parse the config file /etc/freshclam.conf
>
> Is there something I'm missing here?.....shouldn't the application / 
> program I just downloaded be the latest version? The GUI displays that 
> the definitions are "Out Of Date" but when I click on the "Check For 
> Updates" option it goes through the motions and tells me they're still 
> outdated. Is there some kind of fix for this?...
>
> Fedora 17
> Gateway T6321 Laptop
> 3GB Memory
> 160 GB HDD
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> EGO II
Sorry about that!  Just one time, you have to edit freshclam.conf. And 
it's a snap. Open a terminal, become root. (Not sure if that's 
necessary, but if it is, you've done that.)  Type cd /etc (return) *
Type nano freshclam.conf  (return). Right at the top, it tells you to 
comment out the line below.  Insert a # sign in front of the word 
Example.  Type Control-X, then Y.
(If you don't have nano, you probably have pico, which works about the 
same.)
* If your distro allows you to use sudo, then you can do cd /etc sudo 
nano freshclam.conf    and go on from there.
Still pretty simple.

--doug

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