Hi!
I install ClamAV on DO Ubuntu bionic VDS:
# apt install clamav clamav-daemon
# service clamav-daemon stop
# freshclam
# service clamav-daemon start
Freshclam updates database successfull:
Tue Mar 3 15:17:58 2020 -> --------------------------------------
Tue Mar 3 15:17:58 2020 -> ClamAV update process started at Tue Mar 3 15:17:58 2020
Tue Mar 3 15:17:58 2020 -> daily database available for update (local version: 25739, remote version: 25740)
Tue Mar 3 15:18:00 2020 -> Testing database: '/var/lib/clamav/tmp.1d0c5/clamav-972fa87623cc53abb781b5adc07e1c1d.tmp-daily.cld' ...
Tue Mar 3 15:18:05 2020 -> Database test passed.
Tue Mar 3 15:18:05 2020 -> daily.cld updated (version: 25740, sigs: 2204413, f-level: 63, builder: raynman)
Tue Mar 3 15:18:05 2020 -> main.cvd database is up to date (version: 59, sigs: 4564902, f-level: 60, builder: sigmgr)
Tue Mar 3 15:18:05 2020 -> bytecode.cvd database is up to date (version: 331, sigs: 94, f-level: 63, builder: anvilleg)
Tue Mar 3 15:18:05 2020 -> WARNING: Clamd was NOT notified: Can't connect to clamd through /var/run/clamav/clamd.ctl: No such file or directory
But ClamAV fails with message in log:
Tue Mar 3 15:45:06 2020 -> Reading databases from /var/lib/clamav
Tue Mar 3 15:45:06 2020 -> Not loading PUA signatures.
Tue Mar 3 15:45:06 2020 -> Bytecode: Security mode set to "TrustSigned".
Tue Mar 3 15:45:14 2020 -> ERROR: Malformed database
Tue Mar 3 15:45:14 2020 -> Closing the main socket.
Could it be that DO package repository and ClamAV DB are not compatible?
# apt-cache policy clamav
clamav:
Installed: 0.102.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Candidate: 0.102.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Version table:
*** 0.102.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 500
500 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
0.99.4+addedllvm-0ubuntu1 500
500 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages
Does somebody know how to fix problem? Thanks in advance.
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Accepted Answer
SOLVED: addition of 2GB swap solved problem. ClamAV eats much memory:
# free -m
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 985 888 67 0 29 12
Swap: 2047 294 1753
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