You may get a message that says something like this in your system log.
Apr 13 18:35:44 MySeverName freshclam[1144]: WARNING: Your ClamAV installation is OUTDATED!
Apr 13 18:35:44 MySeverName freshclam[1144]: WARNING: Local version: 0.99.4 Recommended version: 0.100.0
Apr 13 18:35:44 MySeverName freshclam[1144]: DON'T PANIC! Read http://www.clamav.net/documents/upgrading-clamav
Apr 13 18:35:44 MySeverName freshclam[1144]: main.cvd is up to date (version: 58, sigs: 4566249, f-level: 60, builder: sigmgr)
Apr 13 18:35:44 MySeverName freshclam[1144]: daily.cld is up to date (version: 24476, sigs: 1908587, f-level: 63, builder: neo)
Apr 13 18:35:44 MySeverName freshclam[1144]: bytecode.cvd is up to date (version: 319, sigs: 75, f-level: 63, builder: neo)
Apr 13 18:36:40 MySeverName clamd[1141]: SelfCheck: Database status OK.
This means that your anti-virus definition files are up to date, but there is a new version of the actual anti-virus software.
As long as the anti-virus definition files are up to date, this is not a big issue.
Eventually it will sort itself out when a new package is released from Ubuntu (this may take a while)
All you need to do is keep your system up to date by using the commands we discussed earlier in this guide.
As a quick recap the command are as follows.
sudo apt-get update
This fetches a list of available updates.
sudo apt-get upgrade
This upgrades the current packages with the above mentioned updates.
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
This installs any Ubuntu version updates.
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