Have used ClamAv and ClamTK for sometime and they usually had been excellent. Since update to 16.04 ClamTK has stopped offering threat removal and one has to resort to command-line AV scanner.
Wonder if that is a general issue or I need to look for a fix.
HI @Al_Salem ,
have you done a full system update as mine works no problem!:
These are my own setting preferences, use at your own risk!.
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Yes, update and upgrade are applied on regular basis.
HI @Al_Salem ,
try changing your software sources download location and updating again, it might help?.
Did many of that and purge reinstall. May be a user account issue.
installed files according to synaptic ClamTK propertie :
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Hi Al,
sorry but that doesn’t really help me at all!.
Try the following terminal command (Ctrl + Alt + t) and then a restart and see if it helps:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt get remove calmav clamtk && sudo apt-get install clamav clamtk
Tried remove and reinstall as above and am currently on – uname -a $HP-Pavilion-dv2700-Notebook-PC 4.4.0-36-generic #55-Ubuntu SMP Thu Aug 11 18:00:59 UTC 2016 i686 athlon i686 GNU/Linux.
Yet has to use command line clamscan to remove malware. Nonetheless, can use clamtk GUI to update freshclam.