ClamAV VirusEvent not working...

timmywo · 05-07-2005, 03:50 PM

Hi,

I have setup ClamAV on CentOS 4 (RH 4), I have also got Clamuko (real time scanner) working as well.

In the clamd.conf I have put in this line to email me when a virus is found...

Code:

VirusEvent echo %v | mail -s "A virus has been found on the Office Server" my@email.com < /var/log/clamav/clamd.log

This works fine when Clamuko finds the Virus using its real time scanning and I receive an email.

But, when I do a manual scan with clamscan it finds the virus but I do not get emailed.

The VirusEvent should be executed whenever a virus is found, but obviously it is not. Has anyone got any ideas when this is?

Thanks,
Tim

Berhanie · 05-08-2005, 10:03 AM

clamd.conf is the config file for the clamd daemon. When you scan with clamscan, you're not using clamd.

[edit: to elaborate, if you want to do manual scanning and still make use of clamd, you should use clamdscan instead of clamscan.]

timmywo · 05-09-2005, 01:06 PM

Thanks! That would be the problem :-)

Tim