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[Fixed] ClamWin no longer able to update virus definitions

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[Fixed] ClamWin no longer able to update virus definitions

Update has been failing for last couple of days. According to their website, the version that PortableApps uses is End Of Life. Could this be the cause?

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Confirmed, Changes

I can confirm ClamWin can no longer update even with the more recent clamav binaries I've added in. The latest clamav binaries no longer support the --keep-mbox option and will fail with an error when passed this option. Unfortunately, this option is hard-coded into the call ClamWin makes to clamscan.exe. It'll require a recompilation of ClamWin to get it working. I've confirmed it will work as expected once this command line option is removed via a shim EXE which removes it. Unfortunately, this would prevent ClamWin from displaying the command line progress of the scan.

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Fixed, Shim and Console Window

I'm using a shim EXE between ClamWin and clamscan.exe due to an incompatibility. As a result, there's now a console window visible during scan which shows progress and results. You can view the log file afterwards for the details.

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