Clam AV update fails

[grewolf]

I run Ubuntu 8.10 Ibex

I have tried to do sudo freshclam and sudo freshclam -v. and I receive 2 errors. I get /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log is locked by another process and Problem with internal logger (UpdateLogFile = /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log).

I have found this link and it mirrors my situation ,except only reports the one error, but looks like no solution:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=527480&highlight=problem+internal+logger

Also have a problem with rar code not compiled in when doing clam scans and read this bug report which hasn't been updated since june of 2008.

https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1050

[rburkartjo]

gre, have you tried sudo clamtk in terminal/cheesemaker

[Pidster]

Had the same problem.. the daemon was running in processes.

had to ---> sudo /etc/init.d/clamav-freshclam stop

then sudo freshclam -v

and it worked for me.

then restart the daemon with

sudo /etc/init.d/clamav-freshclam start

after it was restarted i was able to run the freshclam -v command with no more porblems. thinking it might have been locked up..??

[binbash]

stop apparmor, update, then start apparmor

[92fs]

Had the same problem.. the daemon was running in processes.

had to ---> sudo /etc/init.d/clamav-freshclam stop

then sudo freshclam -v

and it worked for me.

then restart the daemon with

sudo /etc/init.d/clamav-freshclam start

after it was restarted i was able to run the freshclam -v command with no more porblems. thinking it might have been locked up..??

thx for the tip, worked like a charm.

[masroorgilani]

Had the same problem.. the daemon was running in processes.

had to ---> sudo /etc/init.d/clamav-freshclam stop

then sudo freshclam -v

and it worked for me.

then restart the daemon with

sudo /etc/init.d/clamav-freshclam start

after it was restarted i was able to run the freshclam -v command with no more porblems. thinking it might have been locked up..??

@Pidster. Thanks a lot, it works like a magic.

[windowsconvert09]

Had the same problem.. the daemon was running in processes.

had to ---> sudo /etc/init.d/clamav-freshclam stop

then sudo freshclam -v

and it worked for me.

then restart the daemon with

sudo /etc/init.d/clamav-freshclam start

after it was restarted i was able to run the freshclam -v command with no more porblems. thinking it might have been locked up..??

This worked great! Thanks!

[kiwi_steve]

Fixed it for me as well... saved me rebooting. Thanks

Had the same problem.. the daemon was running in processes.

had to ---> sudo /etc/init.d/clamav-freshclam stop

then sudo freshclam -v

and it worked for me.

then restart the daemon with

sudo /etc/init.d/clamav-freshclam start

after it was restarted i was able to run the freshclam -v command with no more porblems. thinking it might have been locked up..??

[wildmanne39]

Hi, this is an old thread so it has been closed, thanks for sharing.