How to update ClamAV engine from 0.98.1 to 0.98.4

upgrade clamav

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The Ubuntu repositories now have 0.98.5. This answer is remaining here as legacy and evidence as to why this was +1'd and accepted.

You can build and compile the source code of ClamAV as Karl's answer says, if you are worried about security vulnerabilities in PPA code.

Having said this, I've recently backported ClamAV 0.98.4 from Debian Unstable to Precise, Trusty, and Utopic in a PPA, without any changes, and that PPA is located here. If you don't have any qualms using the package direct from Debian without changes, you can install clamav 0.98.4 from my PPA by using the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:teward/clamav
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Note that you have to assume I won't be introducing vulnerabilities. If you really want to see there's no differences between what's in Debian Unstable and my PPA, the changes files are available in the PPA itself. (All I did was add a changelog entry for the Ubuntu upload and nothing more)

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Ivan

Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

Ivan almost 2 years
```
ClamAV update process started at Mon Sep 22 04:59:22 2014
WARNING: Your ClamAV installation is OUTDATED!
WARNING: Local version: 0.98.1 Recommended version: 0.98.4
DON'T PANIC! Read http://www.clamav.net/support/faq
main.cvd is up to date (version: 55, sigs: 2424225, f-level: 60, builder: neo)
daily.cld is up to date (version: 19413, sigs: 1148321, f-level: 63, builder: neo)
bytecode.cvd is up to date (version: 242, sigs: 46, f-level: 63, builder: dgoddard)
```
i try $sudo freshclam and sudo

add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-clamav/ppa
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --reinstall clamav
clamscan -V
ClamAV 0.98.1/19413/Sun Sep 21 23:35:57 2014
```
but doesn't work

how to update ClamAV engine version from 0.98.1 to 0.98.4?

thx before
- xangua almost 10 years
  
  Is there any reason you need latest clamav? As your message shows you have databased uptated.
- Ivan almost 10 years
  
  idk, but i get warning message "WARNING: Your ClamAV installation is OUTDATED!" how to fix thix warning message? thx before
- Kalle Richter almost 10 years
  
  freshclam is a tool to update the database of clamav, not the version of the binary (see man freshclam), so regardless of what doesn't work (you might want to be more specific in you question!) it won't solve your problem.
Ivan almost 10 years

any step by step with picture or video for building from souce it will help me alot thx anyway for respond my question :)
Thomas Ward almost 10 years

@Ivan there's no 'picture' or 'video' guide to compiling from source. I can maybe backport Debian Unstable's 0.98.4+dfsg-2 package for Ubuntu, if you want... but as karl said, there's a possible security risk, there. I always just copy Debian and leave it the same, and add a build entry for the Ubuntu release, but...
Kalle Richter almost 10 years

The instructions on the github.com site are excellent (in comparison to other build instructions). How should you be able to get further assistance efficiently after providing you with a video? At the end you have to type the failing instructions from the screen.. You don't want that! If you're using videos for instructions regularly I recommend you to stop.
Thomas Ward almost 10 years

Note, this may be buggy, based on some of the Debian comments I've seen