Topic: Amavis-ng problem.

[Fernando]

Hello, I have a problem with the ClamAv antivirus. All the messages that I try send the Antivirus puts it on the directory /var/spool/amavis-ng/problems.

In the log file of the message, the error is :

Oct 20 13:00:20 ferran amavis[14301]: AMAVIS::AV::CLAMD: Cannot connect to /var/lib/clamav/clamd.sock.
Oct 20 13:00:20 ferran amavis[14301]: Error while scanning for viruses with AMAVIS::AV::CLAMD:                
Oct 20 13:00:20 ferran amavis[14301]: AMAVIS::MTA::Qmail: Freezing message                                    
Oct 20 13:00:20 ferran amavis[14301]: Quarantining infected message to /var/spool/amavis-ng/problems/3f93c044-3
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I see in the path "/var/lib/clamav" and I haven't the file clamd.sock thet refers in the log.

Thanks for your help.

[Ray Mitchell]

Could this be your problem  (clamd not starting) ??
http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=8661.msg32479#msg32479

[Fernando]

Thanks, It's correct, when I do "clamd start" the messages send well.

[Dave]

I've had this a few times when I've rebuilt and installed Clamav.

The solution for me was to uninstall Amavis and Clamav and re-install.

I folowed the same instuctions each time. ????

Dave