ERROR: Can’t open or parse the config freshclam.conf

While updating the ClamAV database using the ‘freshclam’ command, you may receive the “can’t open or parse the config file freshclam.conf” message. root@vps:~# freshclam ERROR: Please edit example config file /usr/local/etc/freshclam.conf ERROR: Can't open/parse the config file /usr/local/etc/freshclam.conf The reason is, with the default installation, the ‘Example’ variable is set to On which makes the configuration file work as a example and not the real configuration file. To fix the issue, edit the freshclam.conf file # nano /usr/local/etc/freshclam.conf and remove or comment the line that says ‘Example’. #Example Save the file and execute the freshclam command to [...]