clamd at 100%

dawks · 05-25-2011, 03:29 PM

After having some issues with Untangle freezing, I decided to do a reinstall. I backed up my config, reinstalled untangle, then restored the config backup, and everything seems to be working fine, with one exception.

Through the web interface I noticed the load is sitting at 1, constantly, even when theres almost zero traffic. So I popped into the console via SSH and hit top and noticed clamd is using 100% of one of the cores (dual core). The CPU time was over 20 hours. I tried to kill the process, but it wont end (it does say clamd <defunct> but still using 100% CPU). I rebooted the box at noon here today, which worked, for about to hours, then clamd went back to 100%. Its now been there for nearly 2 hours.

Im running:
Spam Blocker
Web Filter Lite
Virus Blocker
Firewall
Attack Blocker
Reports

Virus blocker is running with default settings AFAIK.

Any suggestions as to what is causing this problem? Thanks.

hescominsoon · 05-25-2011, 09:51 PM

sounds like something in your network is hammering the a/v by downloading or whatever.

dawks · 05-26-2011, 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hescominsoon

sounds like something in your network is hammering the a/v by downloading or whatever.

Don't think thats it. Last night no one was on the network except me VPN'ing in and running top. but it stayed at 100% all night, and is still 100% clamd <defunct> today, been there for 20+ hours now.

dawks · 06-01-2011, 10:56 AM

Update: I disabled the virus scanner, then rebooted untangle, and left it that way for about 4 days. clamd didn't come back obviously. I then re-enabled the virus scanner, and everything is working normally so far, ~2 days in. clamd is not slamming the processor. So it appears the problem has worked itself out.

05-25-2011, 03:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
dawks Untanglit Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 28	clamd at 100% After having some issues with Untangle freezing, I decided to do a reinstall. I backed up my config, reinstalled untangle, then restored the config backup, and everything seems to be working fine, with one exception. Through the web interface I noticed the load is sitting at 1, constantly, even when theres almost zero traffic. So I popped into the console via SSH and hit top and noticed clamd is using 100% of one of the cores (dual core). The CPU time was over 20 hours. I tried to kill the process, but it wont end (it does say clamd <defunct> but still using 100% CPU). I rebooted the box at noon here today, which worked, for about to hours, then clamd went back to 100%. Its now been there for nearly 2 hours. Im running: Spam Blocker Web Filter Lite Virus Blocker Firewall Attack Blocker Reports Virus blocker is running with default settings AFAIK. Any suggestions as to what is causing this problem? Thanks.

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06-01-2011, 10:56 AM	#4 (permalink)
dawks Untanglit Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 28	Update: I disabled the virus scanner, then rebooted untangle, and left it that way for about 4 days. clamd didn't come back obviously. I then re-enabled the virus scanner, and everything is working normally so far, ~2 days in. clamd is not slamming the processor. So it appears the problem has worked itself out.