This error can happen with Linux or FreeBSD or whichever OS that ClamAV support.
When you run
clamscan
You get this error
LibClamAV Error: cli_loaddb(): No supported database files found in /var/db/clamav ERROR: Can't open file or directory ----------- SCAN SUMMARY ----------- Known viruses: 0 Engine version: 0.95.1 Scanned directories: 0 Scanned files: 0 Infected files: 0 Data scanned: 0.00 MB Data read: 0.00 MB (ratio 0.00:1) Time: 0.001 sec (0 m 0 s)
It means that you have no database virus.
Just configure and run freshclam.
A sample freshclam.conf file:
DatabaseDirectory /var/lib/clamav UpdateLogFile /var/log/freshclam.log LogTime yes LogSyslog yes PidFile /var/run/clamd/freshclam.pid DatabaseOwner clamav DNSDatabaseInfo current.cvd.clamav.net DatabaseMirror db.br.clamav.net DatabaseMirror database.clamav.net NotifyClamd /usr/local/etc/clamd.conf SubmitDetectionStats /usr/local/etc/clamd.conf DetectionStatsCountry BR

3 comments
Join the conversationGKteer - 25/08/2012
Thank you, it helped me to run it under fedora 17.
weakish - 24/07/2016
> or whichever SO that ClamAV support
s/SO/OS/
Daniel K Lima - 29/11/2025
Gracias.