Re: Warning during Clamav virus update

[bclark <bclark@eccotours.co.za>]

Rick Friedman wrote:
> I have a cron job which updates the Clamav virus database (using freshclam) 4 
> times a day (every 6 hours). This has been working fine for a long time now.
>
> However, for the last 24 hours (possibly a little longer), each time an update 
> attempt is made, the following warning messages are found in the log:
>
> WARNING: DNS record is older than 3 hours.
> WARNING: Invalid DNS reply. Falling back to HTTP mode.
>
> It doesn't seem as though the daily.cvd file is being updated. 
>
> Anyone have any ideas what is happening?
>
> Thanks,
> Rick

What version of Clam are you running.
Also clearly it is a DNS issue, you running any caching nameservers, and have you done a dig on the 
url where you get the updates from.

HTH

Kind Regards
Brent Clark