WZZZ wrote:
Mad, I apologize for hijacking this thread, but I am completely stuck and maybe you can help with this. I tried registering for the ClamX forum, but never received my activation e-mail.
Mark just returned from Holiday (a European term) so he's running a bit behind, but I would expect him to get back to you when he has a moment. I've not heard of this problem before, but I'm not sure how I would. I do know that I had a similar problem getting an activation e-mail for over a week at another site before it finally worked.
The ClamAV scanning engine installer I'm seeing in receipts is version 0.95.3 from 4/25/2010. I would have thought updating ClamXav would have brought along the latest ClamAV engine, but maybe not. Do I need to separately download and install the current one, which is 0.97.4? And if I do, will it properly overwrite the older one?
I'm also seeing this ClamAV folder with a creation date of 3/17/2012. Does that mean it was updated?
/usr/local/clamXav/share/clamav
That's very strange. I've never paid attention to that but when I look at /Library/Receipts/clamavEngineInstaller104.pkg I see v0.97.4 dated 3/30/12. The 0.95.3 version came with ClamXav 2.0.4 & 2.0.5 back in Nov/Dec 2009.
To find out what version is actually installed try this Terminal command:
/usr/local/clamXav/bin/clamscan -V
You didn't mention whether you are using the AppStore or the website version, which store the engine in different places. If it's the AppStore version then you should probably remove any older scan engines that remain on your hard drive. Use the "ClamAV Engine REMOVER" script found on any ClamXav_2.x.x.dmg file you downloaded.
If you are using the web site version and the above command shows an older scan engine, use the same script to remove it (make sure both ClamXav and Sentry are not running), then launch ClamXav and it should offer to install the newer engine for you.