ClamAV - Updating AV definition (database) without internet access

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npedrosa
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ClamAV - Updating AV definition (database) without internet access

Post by npedrosa » 2022/05/10 17:45:35

Hi All.
Is there a way to update the clamAV database on our clamAV clients, without internet access? For example, download the database files via desktop webbrowser then upload the definitions directly to the clamAV clients (using SCP)?

Thanks in advance.

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Re: ClamAV - Updating AV definition (database) without internet access

Post by TrevorH » 2022/05/10 18:56:15

You can certainly copy them to /var/lib/clamav but I don't know how you obtain them. I see that /etc/freshclam.conf has 'DatabaseMirror database.clamav.net' but my web browser just hangs at a cloudflare screen when I point it at that.
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Re: ClamAV - Updating AV definition (database) without internet access

Post by Thraex » 2022/05/11 12:15:04

Not sure why they removed the links from the main clamav.net/downloads page but you can get them here:

https://database.clamav.net/daily.cvd
https://database.clamav.net/bytecode.cvd
https://database.clamav.net/main.cvd

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