## ## Example config file for freshclam ## Please read the freshclam.conf(5) manual before editing this file. ## This file may be optionally merged with clamd.conf. ## # Comment or remove the line below. Example # Path to the database directory. # WARNING: It must match clamd.conf's directive! # Default: hardcoded (depends on installation options) #DatabaseDirectory /var/lib/clamav # Path to the log file (make sure it has proper permissions) # Default: disabled #UpdateLogFile /var/log/freshclam.log # Enable verbose logging. # Default: disabled #LogVerbose # Use system logger (can work together with UpdateLogFile). # Default: disabled #LogSyslog # Specify the type of syslog messages - please refer to 'man syslog' # for facility names. # Default: LOG_LOCAL6 #LogFacility LOG_MAIL # This option allows you to save the process identifier of the daemon # Default: disabled #PidFile /var/run/freshclam.pid # By default when started freshclam drops privileges and switches to the # "clamav" user. This directive allows you to change the database owner. # Default: clamav (may depend on installation options) #DatabaseOwner clamav # Use DNS to verify virus database version. Freshclam uses DNS TXT records # to verify database and software versions. We highly recommend enabling # this option. # Default: disabled DNSDatabaseInfo current.cvd.clamav.net # Uncomment the following line and replace XY with your country # code. See http://www.iana.org/cctld/cctld-whois.htm for the full list. # Default: There is no default, which results in an error when running freshclam #DatabaseMirror db.XY.clamav.net # database.clamav.net is a round-robin record which points to our most # reliable mirrors. It's used as a fall back in case db.XY.clamav.net is # not working. DO NOT TOUCH the following line unless you know what you # are doing. DatabaseMirror database.clamav.net # How many attempts to make before giving up. # Default: 3 (per mirror) #MaxAttempts 5 # Number of database checks per day. # Default: 12 (every two hours) #Checks 24 # Proxy settings # Default: disabled #HTTPProxyServer myproxy.com #HTTPProxyPort 1234 #HTTPProxyUsername myusername #HTTPProxyPassword mypass # Send the RELOAD command to clamd. # Default: disabled #NotifyClamd # By default it uses the hardcoded configuration file but you can force an # another one. #NotifyClamd /config/file/path # Run command after successful database update. # Default: disabled #OnUpdateExecute command # Run command when database update process fails. # Default: disabled #OnErrorExecute command