Hi Javier or anyone else. I still can't get clamd running even after your helpful suggestions. freshclam works clamscan works [root ~]# clamdscan ERROR: Clamd is not configured properly. [root ~]# service clamd start clamd: unrecognized service On Wed, 2006-19-04 at 01:45 -0500, Javier Perez wrote: > OK. > check out where your clamav.log file is. clamav.conf should say it. > Or you can try and look it up on /var/log/clamav ls: /var/log/campav: No such file or directory Am I supposed to create a campav directory in /var/log or does clamav do it? > > try to start clamd with > > # service clamd start clamd: unrecognized service > > check out the logs. what are they telling you? Nothing. clamav.log doesn't exist. Message and mail are silent. > a common error is that clamav might be looking for its configuration > file in /etc/ instead of /etc/clamav Done. No /etc/clamav but there is a /etc/clamd.d -- created link there. > you could solve it by using a symbolic link > All help greatly received. I haven't felt so frustrated since I first installed Red Hat 7.0. Regards Bill