Clams.....

[jdow]

Um, yes, edit the configuration file. I generally speaking took the default
example configuration. These are the first few lines for MY machine which
is running Scientific Linux 6.3 which is a rebuild of redHat RHEL 6.3.

===8<---
##
## Example config file for freshclam
## Please read the freshclam.conf(5) manual before editing this file.
##


# Comment or remove the line below.
#Example

# Path to the database directory.
# WARNING: It must match clamd.conf's directive!
# Default: hardcoded (depends on installation options)
DatabaseDirectory /var/clamav
===8<---

This demonstrates one of the problems Linux generically suffers in the
Desktop world. It demands too much knowledge of the internal parts
of the operating system.

{^_^}

On 2012/09/08 18:49, 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 "Out Of Date" but when I click on the "Check For Updates" option it goes through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 the motions and tells me they're still outdated.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