Get clamav-daemon to run without first updating with freshclam

clamav

It's painfully slow to run freshclam, but clamav-daemon won't start without it:

$ sudo service clamav-daemon start
* Clamav signatures not found in /var/lib/clamav
* Please retrieve them using freshclam
* Then run '/etc/init.d/clamav-daemon start'

Can I get clamav-daemon to ignore it so each server don't have to run a 10-30 minute update on first deploy?

Best Answer

You should always use fresh signatures.To speed-up the startup I would use a caching proxy like squid.

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           └─extend.conf
   Active: active (running)

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