The issue is with ''freshclam''. You don't want to update you AV database in cleartext, do you? It's a risk. So do it over tor. Tor needs to be running, as daemon (the stock install on Debian family of OSes, often so in other Linux/BSD flavors).
The issue is with _freshclam_. You don't want to update you AV database in cleartext, do you? It's a risk. So do it over tor. Tor needs to be running, as daemon (the stock install on Debian family of OSes, often so in other Linux/BSD flavors).
First make a script:
{{{
```
/usr/bin/t_freshclam
}}}
```
with this content:
{{{
#!/bin/sh
```
/usr/bin/torsocks /usr/bin/freshclam $@
}}}
```
**chmod** it:
{{{
```
chmod 755 /usr/bin/t_freshclam
}}}
```
After that, you need to make one important change in this file:
{{{
```
/etc/init.d/clamav-freshclam
}}}
```
You need to change the line that reads:
{{{
```
DAEMON=/usr/bin/freshclam
}}}
```
to:
{{{
```
DAEMON=/usr/bin/t_freshclam
}}}
```
The rest is all regular. Now your Virus database will be updated over tor.
