# A problem occurred testing the ClamAV server scanner :

**URL:** <https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/a-problem-occurred-testing-the-clamav-server-scanner/49842>\
**Category:** Virtualmin\
**Created:** [November 30, 2014, 10:35am UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/a-problem-occurred-testing-the-clamav-server-scanner/49842 "2014-11-30T10:35:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![anthonyinit2012](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/user_avatar/forum.virtualmin.com/anthonyinit2012/32/674_2.png) [@anthonyinit2012](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/anthonyinit2012)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2014, 10:35am UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/a-problem-occurred-testing-the-clamav-server-scanner/49842/1 "2014-11-30T10:35:12Z")

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OK i get error in config page after clean install of virtualmin in Debian 7.0

A problem occurred testing the ClamAV server scanner :

ERROR: Could not lookup (null): Servname not supported for ai\_socktype

----------- SCAN SUMMARY -----------  
Infected files: 0  
Time: 0.000 sec (0 m 0 s)

Thank you

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**Author:** ![Eric](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Eric](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/Eric)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/a-problem-occurred-testing-the-clamav-server-scanner/49842/2 "2014-12-01T16:47:37Z")

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Howdy,

Hmm, what is the output of this command:

`dpkg -l ‘clam*’`

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**Author:** ![anthonyinit2012](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/user_avatar/forum.virtualmin.com/anthonyinit2012/32/674_2.png) [@anthonyinit2012](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/anthonyinit2012)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/a-problem-occurred-testing-the-clamav-server-scanner/49842/3 "2014-12-01T21:35:15Z")

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I think this was a temp error everything worked after i reboot…

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**Author:** ![system](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/uploads/default/original/2X/c/cd96d761e326db4b2bef94886a639109bd7a8e76.svg) [@system](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 6:02am UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/a-problem-occurred-testing-the-clamav-server-scanner/49842/4 "2020-04-30T06:02:02Z")

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Closed on April 30, 2020, 6:02am UTC