howto: Upgrade ClamAV

[NeilHerbert]

I've noticed that cPanel's update system doesn't bother to upgrade clamAV so here is a quick upgrading guide taken from http://www.configserver.com/cp/upgrade.html

* Download the latest stable ClamAV distribution from http://www.clamav.net (http://www.clamav.net/download/sources)
* Expand the distribution and cd into the resultant directory and build ClamAV using:
tar -xzf clamav-*
cd clamav*
./configure --disable-zlib-vcheck
make
make install
replace "Example" "#Example" -- /usr/local/etc/freshclam.conf
replace "Example" "#Example" -- /usr/local/etc/clamd.conf
* Run freshclam to download the latest definitions:
freshclam
* If you're using the clamavmodule, check you have the latest version installed:
/scripts/perlinstaller Mail::ClamAV
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Neil
YummyHost

 

[Dan]

Hello Neil,

Um, did this work alright for you? When I did it it didn't actually upgrade my CPanel install of Clamd. Instead it installed a second version. This was confirmed with clamd -V which still reported the old version and then whereis clamd which reported a version in /usr/sbin and /usr/local/sbin.

I ended up removing the CPanel installation completely and then modifying the conf files (original: /etc/clamd.conf and /etc/clamscan.conf. new: /usr/local/etc/clamd.conf and /usr/local/etc/clamscan.conf) so that they matched the CPanel version and all seems to be working well.

Thanks for the tip though!

 

[NeilHerbert]

If your clamAV messes up because of this you can let cPanel reinstall for you. Go to WHM - cPanel - Plugins - uninstall clamav connector and then reinstall it. This will reinstall clamav for you.