Unable to execute scan in Linux, "Useful life of Scan has been exceeded"

Hello GuyDamico,

downloaded ... SAV for linux today
from where? Virus data version 5.30, August 2016 suggests the package is half a year old. This would also explain the It was not possible to obtain or build suitable kernel support as the included Talpa version is very likely too old for your Linux (BTW, it's always a good idea to specify the system's details - uname).

The obvious solution is to download the current version here.

Christian

If i use your Link, I get exact the same Version as the thread starter. Is it possible, that there is no newer Version of the free Version?

Hello Phil Well,

indeed the package contains (the latest) version 9.12.3 but with the data from the time it came out - August 2016. Thus there is no new version but newer data. It should update itself with the latest data after installation and sweep should no longer complain afterwards. Or do you have an issue with compiling Talpa?

Christian

Well... I feel a bit sheepisch of that. I just forgot to compile Talpa.

That might be the same problem in #1.

Thanks for the Hint!

My system info: Linux HPDesktop 3.19.0-32-generic #37~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 22 09:41:40 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I used your link today and I still am unable to run a scan:

"guy@HPDesktop ~/sophos-av $ savscan -f
SAVScan virus detection utility
Version 5.27.0 [Linux/AMD64]
Virus data version 5.30, August 2016
Includes detection for 11781705 viruses, Trojans and worms
Copyright (c) 1989-2016 Sophos Limited. All rights reserved.

System time 02:46:23 PM, System date 21 February 2017
Command line qualifiers are: -f

Useful life of Scan has been exceeded

I saw your comment to another post about compiling TALPA.  I have no idea what TALPA is.  I tried a google search on the word without any success.

Did a revised google search "compile TALPA" and found an article on the Sophos forum.  I don't know if it is still applicable to my situation as there isn't any message about kernal support but I went ahead and executed the command. Here's the out:

guy@HPDesktop ~/sophos-av $ sudo /opt/sophos-av/engine/talpa_select select
[sudo] password for guy:
[Talpa-select]
Copyright (c) 1989-2016 Sophos Limited. All rights reserved.
Tue Feb 21 20:00:29 2017 GMT
Linux distribution: [linuxmint]
Product: [Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa]
Kernel: [3.19.0-32-generic]
Multiprocessor support enabled.
Searching for source pack...
Searching for suitable binary pack...
No suitable binary pack available.
Preparing for build...
Extracting sources...
Configuring build of version 1.21.5...
Error: Failed to prepare the source code for build. Please review the Sophos Support forums for assistance on resolving this.

Hello GuyDamico,

savscan performs an on-demand scan and thus file access interception (either Talpa or Fanotify) doesn't come into play. Talpa is required for On-Access ("real-time") scanning, i.e. files to be opened by an application are scanned before access is permitted.

The Useful life of Scan has been exceeded indicates that SAV hasn't updated after installation. This should be the case only if either the machine has no Internet connection or updating hasn't been (correctly) configured. What happens if you run  /opt/sophos-av/bin/savupdate?

Christian

Hello GuyDamico,

while there are no precompiled Talpa binary packs for Mint it should compile. Please check the /opt/sophos-av/log/talpaselect.log as mentioned in the Locally Compiling ... article.

Christian

Executing the update command cured the problem.  Thanks very much.

Checked the log as suggested, found this first error:"checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables"

Checked config files as noted talpaselect.log "See `config.log' for more details."

Found the following problem:

Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.8.4 (Ubuntu 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.3)
configure:2193: $? = 0
configure:2195: gcc -V </dev/null >&5
gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-V'
gcc: fatal error: no input files
compilation terminated.