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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 ...
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 directoryMany thanks to StephenB and a post from JohnCM_S for getttig me started on the right path
l8ton wrote:
or is there something I can do myself?
Do you have any experience with the linux command line (CLI)?
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?
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?
Ok, I'm making progress. Thanks for the tip!
I was able to get to the linux command line usin root/AdminPW and am now able to list the / NAS directory structure.
Which file(s) need to be deleted?
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 directoryMany thanks to StephenB and a post from JohnCM_S for getttig me started on the right path
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