Mayur's BLOG: Clamd FAILED :: Starting Clam AntiVirus Daemon: LibClamAV Error: cl_cvdhead: Can't read CVD header in /var/clamav/daily.cld

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If you are getting following error while restarting the clamd

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Stopping Clam AntiVirus Daemon: [FAILED]

Starting Clam AntiVirus Daemon: LibClamAV Error: cl_cvdhead: Can't read CVD header in /var/clamav/daily.cld

LibClamAV Error: cli_loaddbdir(): error parsing header of /var/clamav/daily.cld

ERROR: Malformed database

[FAILED]

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That means the DBs are corrupted. Do this:

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cd /usr/share/clamav/

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Empty the content of these 3 files:

daily.cvd
main.cld
mirrors.dat

Then run this command to download fresh copies for your DBs:

/etc/cron.daily/freshclam

Although this is not necessary, but restart clamd:

Code:

/scripts/restartsrv_clamd

Hope this helps!

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