updating clamtk antivirus engine

[lobster]

Hi everybody i would like to update the clamtk antivirus engine ( my version is 0.96.5) , which i see when i open the pull down menu (Help), it shows that there is a new version, but there is no other start possibilities, and also using the Terminal, i don't know how to do it.

thanks a lot

[tschommer]

lobster,

0.96.5 is the current version in the repo. If you found a newer version, please suggest an update as described here.

You can find this sticky as well as other examples in the Package Suggest section of the forum.

Thanks

Torsten

[lobster]

lobster,

0.96.5 is the current version in the repo. If you found a newer version, please suggest an update as described here.

You can find this sticky as well as other examples in the Package Suggest section of the forum.

Thanks

Torsten

Hi Torsten

I not intended to make a new request for adding what i found out, but to ask why when i open Help on and clic on Update, the response is that there is a new version and that the one i have has already an old virus definition (0.96.5). I have a dual Boot with Windows XP and use to receive also emails with content that i want to check for viruses to have a clean environment, sure is generally in Linux not a problem  about viruses, but in Windows.

regards

[nixer]

Hi lobster,

So you are having trouble updating just the virus definitions?  If so, this might help - 
Open the file /etc/freshclam.conf (as root) and look for a line, it is probably line 6 or so, that has "Example" in it.  Comment out this line by placing a "#" in front of it (without the quotation marks).  Save the file and see if it updates now. 

I may be wrong, but do not try to update anything but the virus definitions.  When there is a new GUI update, it is done through synaptic and not the program.

Hope this helps.

[lobster]

Hi lobster,

So you are having trouble updating just the virus definitions?  If so, this might help - 
Open the file /etc/freshclam.conf (as root) and look for a line, it is probably line 6 or so, that has "Example" in it.  Comment out this line by placing a "#" in front of it (without the quotation marks).  Save the file and see if it updates now. 

I may be wrong, but do not try to update anything but the virus definitions.  When there is a new GUI update, it is done through synaptic and not the program.

Hope this helps.

Hi nixer, i had follw your instructions and found just only the following 2 lines :

# pass additional options to freshclam
FRESHCLAM_OPTIONS=""

there were no Example in it.

regards

[nixer]

Okay lobster,

My file has a lot more in it and once I commented out line #8, which contained "Example" in it, it started updating.  I read this from another forum post.

[Powhyfo]

Hi lobster,

So you are having trouble updating just the virus definitions?  If so, this might help - 
Open the file /etc/freshclam.conf (as root) and look for a line, it is probably line 6 or so, that has "Example" in it.  Comment out this line by placing a "#" in front of it (without the quotation marks).  Save the file and see if it updates now. 

I may be wrong, but do not try to update anything but the virus definitions.  When there is a new GUI update, it is done through synaptic and not the program.

Hope this helps.

Worked for me!  Thank you very much!

[lobster]

OK Nixer!!  very late , it works like you said !!

regards