LibClamAV Error: cli_loaddb(): No supported database files found in /var/clamav

[sajugovind]

You may face the following error while restarting ClamAV.

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/etc/init.d/clamd restart
Stopping Clam AntiVirus Daemon:                            [FAILED]
Starting Clam AntiVirus Daemon: LibClamAV Error: cli_loaddb(): No supported database files found in /var/clamav
ERROR: Can't open file or directory                        [FAILED]

Don’t panic. You are getting this error because you don’t have any virus database definitions under /var/clamav.

Run the below command to fix this.

killall freshclam

The above command will kill all running ClamAV update process. Now run the “freshclam” to fix this issue.

freshclam

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ClamAV update process started at Wed May 22 02:45:39 2013
main.cvd is up to date (version: 54, sigs: 1044387, f-level: 60, builder: sven)
Downloading daily.cvd [100%]
daily.cvd updated (version: 17258, sigs: 1297275, f-level: 63, builder: neo)
Downloading bytecode.cvd [100%]bytecode.cvd updated (version: 214, sigs: 41, f-level: 63, builder: neo)
Database updated (2341703 signatures) from db.local.clamav.net (IP: 69.12.162.28)
WARNING: Clamd was NOT notified: Can't connect to clamd through /var/run/clamav/clamd.sock
connect(): No such file or directory

Please do not worry about the warning. You are getting this warning because you haven’t started the ClamAV yet.

Now it’s time to star the ClamAV.

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/etc/init.d/clamd start
Starting Clam AntiVirus Daemon:                            [  OK  ]
That’s it!! Issue fixed.