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l8ton
Aspirant
Sep 13, 2021
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Anti-Virus not Updating

Hello,

 

My RN212 Antivirus will not update.

Firmware: 6.10.5

Antivirus: Jul 09, 2020

 

 

 

I changed the DNS server to 8.8.8.8. and 8.8.4.4

 

I saw an earlier post where the problem was solved when an engineer removed files that were blocking the download.

Can  the same be done for my system, or is there something I can do myself?

 

Thank you!


  • l8ton wrote:

    Which file(s) need to be deleted?


    Solution:

    1. ssh to ReadyNAS 

       > Username: root 

       > Password: YourAdminPassword

    2. Navigate to the clamav directory.

       > cd /var/lib/clamav

    3. Rename daily.cld and mirrors.dat files    

         > mv daily.cld daily_2.cld

         > mv mirrors.dat mirrors_2.dat

    The virus definition wouldn't download if the original files were  present

    4. Run freshclam

       > freshclam

    5. Reboot  ReadyNAS

    6. Re-enable AV

     

    Notes:

    I don't know if this was necessary, but I disabled AV before before beginning the process.

    Prior to renaming thefiles in step 3, running freshclam resulted in a "download failure" error, and suggested that there was an internet connection issue. This was not the case.

    I got this warning after running freshclam, however there didn't seem to be a problem when I re-enabed AV: 
    WARNING: Clamd was NOT notified: Can't connect to clamd through /var/run/clamav/ clamd.ctl: No such file or directory

     

    Many thanks to StephenB  and a post from JohnCM_S  for getttig me started on the right path



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  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User

    l8ton wrote:

    or is there something I can do myself?

     


    Do you have any experience with the linux command line (CLI)?

    • l8ton's avatar
      l8ton
      Aspirant


      I've used Putty to issue command line copy and delete instructions files on a UNIX server at work

      I tried using putty to ssh to the ReadyNAS ip address , but it closed as soon as i entered my PW.

      Should I be using a different ssh tool?



      • StephenB's avatar
        StephenB
        Guru - Experienced User

        l8ton wrote:


        I've used Putty to issue command line copy and delete instructions files on a UNIX server at work

        I tried using putty to ssh to the ReadyNAS ip address , but it closed as soon as i entered my PW.

        Should I be using a different ssh tool?




        Putty will work, though you can also launch ssh directly from the windows command line.

         

        Were you using root as the username and the NAS admin password?

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