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How to update clamav antivirus database

Try running freshclam as root. You can also daemonize it to automatically check after specified time. Look for /etc/freshclam.conf file that has all the settings for it.

To daemonize it,

freshclam -d

The below command to schedule the update of clamav antivirus database
crontab -e (make sure you run this command as root)

25 1 * * * /usr/bin/freshclam --quiet -l /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log

The freshclam command is enough to update the clamav antivirus database

freshclam 

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