[clamav-users] ClamAV virus database not downloaded: No permission ?!

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Zvi Kave

2016-05-16 08:29:06 UTC

Hi,

I am trying to download daily.cvd and main.cvd by curl command as follows:

curl --data-binary -k "http://database.clamav.net/daily.cvd" -G -o
daily.cvd

Most of the time, I get this text instead of the real *.cvd file:

<|DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">
<html><head>
<title>403 Forbidden</title>
</head><body>
<h1>Forbidden</h1>
<p>You don't have permission to access /daily.cvd
on this server.<br />
</p>
<hr>
<address>Apache/2.4.20 (Unix) OpenSSL/1.0.2g Server at <a
href="mailto:***@omroep.nl">database.clamav.net</a> Port 80</addresss>
</body></html>

But randomly I get the real cvd file!?

Can someone help me in this weird issue?

Regards,

Zvi

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Zvi Kave

2016-05-16 09:33:16 UTC

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Yes. Usually I got a lot of messages like this:
ClamAV update process started at Sat Apr 30 03:00:50 2016
Reading CVD header (main.cvd): Trying again in 5 secs...
ClamAV update process started at Sat Apr 30 03:00:57 2016
Reading CVD header (main.cvd): Trying again in 5 secs...
ClamAV update process started at Sat Apr 30 03:01:02 2016
ClamAV update process started at Sat Apr 30 03:01:19 2016
Reading CVD header (main.cvd): Trying again in 5 secs...
ClamAV update process started at Sat Apr 30 03:01:25 2016

Zvi

Is there some reason you are not using freshclam to do this initially and thereafter to download incremental updates?
Sent from Janet's iPad
-Al-

Hi,
curl --data-binary -k"http://database.clamav.net/daily.cvd" -G -o daily.cvd
<|DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">
<html><head>
<title>403 Forbidden</title>
</head><body>
<h1>Forbidden</h1>
<p>You don't have permission to access /daily.cvd
on this server.<br />
</p>
<hr>
</body></html>
But randomly I get the real cvd file!?
Can someone help me in this weird issue?
Regards,
Zvi

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Al Varnell

2016-05-17 09:13:00 UTC

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Your main.cvd file should start with:

ClamAV-VDB:16 Mar 2016 23-17 +0000:57:4218790:60:06386

If it doesnât then your original download is corrupt and will need to be re-downloaded.

-Al-

Post by Zvi Kave
ClamAV update process started at Sat Apr 30 03:00:50 2016
Reading CVD header (main.cvd): Trying again in 5 secs...
ClamAV update process started at Sat Apr 30 03:00:57 2016
Reading CVD header (main.cvd): Trying again in 5 secs...
ClamAV update process started at Sat Apr 30 03:01:02 2016
ClamAV update process started at Sat Apr 30 03:01:19 2016
Reading CVD header (main.cvd): Trying again in 5 secs...
ClamAV update process started at Sat Apr 30 03:01:25 2016
Zvi

Is there some reason you are not using freshclam to do this initially and thereafter to download incremental updates?
Sent from Janet's iPad
-Al-

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https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq
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-Al-

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Zvi Kave

2016-05-17 09:29:58 UTC

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Al,

But the problem is that in 90% of the cases,

instead of getting the real main.cvd or daily.cvd,

I get a file with the following text:

<|DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">
<html><head>
<title>403 Forbidden</title>
</head><body>
<h1>Forbidden</h1>
<p>You don't have permission to access /daily.cvd
on this server.<br />
</p>
<hr>
<address>Apache/2.4.20 (Unix) OpenSSL/1.0.2g Server at <a href="mailto:***@omroep.nl">database.clamav.net</a> Port 80</addresss>
</body></html>

Regards,

Zvi

Post by Al Varnell
ClamAV-VDB:16 Mar 2016 23-17 +0000:57:4218790:60:06386
If it doesn’t then your original download is corrupt and will need to be re-downloaded.
-Al-

Is there some reason you are not using freshclam to do this initially and thereafter to download incremental updates?
Sent from Janet's iPad
-Al-

_______________________________________________
https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq
http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml

-Al-
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http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml

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Al Varnell

2016-05-17 09:27:56 UTC

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I dont see how that can possibly happen if you use freshclam instead of curl. You only need to download main.cvd once ever few years, so once you have a clean copy you should be set.

-Al-

Post by Zvi Kave
Al,
But the problem is that in 90% of the cases,
instead of getting the real main.cvd or daily.cvd,
<|DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">
<html><head>
<title>403 Forbidden</title>
</head><body>
<h1>Forbidden</h1>
<p>You don't have permission to access /daily.cvd
on this server.<br />
</p>
<hr>
</body></html>
Regards,
Zvi

Post by Al Varnell
ClamAV-VDB:16 Mar 2016 23-17 +0000:57:4218790:60:06386
If it doesnt then your original download is corrupt and will need to be re-downloaded.
-Al-

Is there some reason you are not using freshclam to do this initially and thereafter to download incremental updates?
Sent from Janet's iPad
-Al-

_______________________________________________
https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq
http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml

-Al-
_______________________________________________
https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq
http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml

_______________________________________________
https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq
http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml

-Al-

--
Al Varnell
Mountain View, CA