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Mar 20
After months of painful emails about Dr. Web updates, I finally found a solution:
Log in as root (or you can use sudo) and open /etc/drweb/drweb32.ini:
Look for:
CronSummary = Yes
And change it to:
CronSummary = No
Do a restart for the Dr. Web daemon by (add sudo in the beginning if not using root):
/etc/init.d/drwebd restart
That should do it! Seems so easy once you know it.
Please do leave a comment if this works for you 
The problem:
Just a bit of background about the problem. I have been using Plesk 8.4 and been really happy with it. I’ve gone through all the versions but the latest one Plesk 9.3 had been sending me these weird emails:
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: failure notice
Hi. This is the qmail-send program at example.com.
I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses.
This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.
--- Below this line is a copy of the message.
Return-Path:
Received: (qmail 22133 invoked by uid 100); 20 Mar 2010 19:00:10 +0000
Date: 20 Mar 2010 19:00:10 +0000
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
From: [email protected] (Cron Daemon)
To: [email protected]
Subject: Cron
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Auto-Submitted: auto-generated
X-Cron-Env:
X-Cron-Env:
X-Cron-Env:
X-Cron-Env:
Dr.Web (R) update details:
Update server: http://update.msk5.drweb.com/unix/500
Update has begun at Sat Mar 20 19:00:02 2010
Update has finished at Sat Mar 20 19:00:10 2010
Following files has been updated:
/var/drweb/bases/drwtoday.vdb
/var/drweb/bases/dwntoday.vdb
/var/drweb/bases/dwrtoday.vdb
/var/drweb/updates/timestamp
And you usually get one of these an hour! Thats 24 a day! Crazyyyy!
Apr 11, 2010 @ 10:43:09
Finally my google search ‘/opt/drweb/update.pl “update details”‘ brought me to your site. I hope your howto will fix this problem for me. Also I hope that the update runs correctly in future when I’m not getting informed by mail.
Greetings from Germany
Apr 12, 2010 @ 08:44:16
I have tested it and it does work fine. Thanks for leaving a comment.
Apr 18, 2010 @ 09:09:48
Thank you, solved
Jul 23, 2010 @ 18:10:36
Hi. I wanted to personally thank you for the post. I was getting tired of those dumb mails. I was snooping around for a fix but got to your website first. Thanks again.
Sep 25, 2010 @ 13:42:45
Brillant… these emails have been driving me crazy for weeks now. Thankyou!
Oct 27, 2010 @ 20:58:00
Thanks a mil
Nov 15, 2010 @ 02:33:16
i really hope this gets rid of my cron emails, “/opt/drweb/update.pl”
thanks in advance!
Dec 28, 2010 @ 18:26:36
At last, a wonderful little fix. Thanks and all the best for 2011!
Jan 19, 2011 @ 20:58:49
Thanks, very much. Fix worked for me.
Feb 10, 2011 @ 15:49:03
Your fix works perfectly. Thanks a lot !
Apr 20, 2011 @ 08:22:58
Holy explicit, i’ve been looking for this sooooooo long. Worked like a charm and so easy it isnt funny.
May 23, 2011 @ 17:17:42
All I have to say is—- Thank You!
May 30, 2011 @ 12:51:48
Very good solution!
Thx a lot, i solved my case!
Aug 31, 2011 @ 08:26:48
Solution is working just fine.
Sep 10, 2011 @ 15:11:21
Works Great thanks a lot!
Sep 19, 2011 @ 11:53:43
Thank you so much! I was getting nuts with all these DrWeb update mails and could not find anything in Plesk to turn them off.
Jan 19, 2012 @ 03:57:14
Hi, I only started learning linux/unix can one of you please assist me. I got in to the drweb directory but how do I open the drweb32.ini? I tried the open command but nothing happened. Can you please take me from there? Your help is highly regarded. Thnx
Jan 19, 2012 @ 12:44:35
Hi Viggi,
You start by doing:
sudo nano drweb32.ini
Once you are in the editor, look for the line and make the change. Then use Ctrl + X to Close and press Y and enter to save.
Jan 20, 2012 @ 03:52:07
Thnx Adeel, It worked like a charm!
Mar 09, 2012 @ 23:39:05
Hello!
I found this thread via google search because I have started getting these emails from Cron Daemon. Can someone explain why I am recieveing these?
ERROR: Dr.Web (R) Updater: remote host update.msk3.drweb.com closed connection variant () !
Dr.Web (R) update details:
Update server: http://update.msk3.drweb.com/unix/500
Update has begun at Fri Mar 9 17:00:03 2012 Update has finished at Fri Mar 9 17:01:01 2012
Following files has been updated:
/var/drweb/bases/drwdaily.vdb
/var/drweb/bases/drwtoday.vdb
/var/drweb/bases/dwntoday.vdb
/var/drweb/bases/dwrtoday.vdb
/var/drweb/updates/timestamp
Much appreciated,
Jen
Mar 12, 2012 @ 12:05:04
Its your Plesk server. Ask your hosting company to disable notification emails for Dr. Web.
May 02, 2012 @ 20:12:47
Perfect. Fantastic solution. Simple and functional
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May 07, 2012 @ 17:20:07
Is there any solution to only receive emails if there is an issue rather than just disabling notifications altogether?
May 07, 2012 @ 19:27:37
That is exactly what it’s doing at the moment! You are getting emailed because there has been an (doh) issue.