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I recently switched to Linux Lite because of Windows 7 expiring. This week after I installed clamav, scans wouldn't work.
First I ran from terminal:
sudo apt-get install clamav clamav-daemon
(clamtk was on the end of that line I copied, but it was said not to work well with Linux Lite)

I had used clamav before on a machine with Ubuntu 12.04, where i'd enter "clamscan -r /" Trying it on this PC, I'd get:
LibClamAV Error: cli_loaddbdir(): No supported database files found in /var/lib/clamav
ERROR: Can't open file or directory
    With 0 files scanned

I uninstalled everything I saw and reinstalled clamav, but not clamav-daemon. Then I ran freshclam manually, ending up with this:
Sat Feb 15 13:18:20 2020 -> daily database available for download (remote version: 25724)
Sat Feb 15 13:18:50 2020 -> ERROR: Download failed (28) Sat Feb 15 13:18:50 2020 -> ERROR:  Message: Timeout was reached
Sat Feb 15 13:18:50 2020 -> ERROR: getcvd: Can't download daily.cvd from https://database.clamav.net/daily.cvd
Sat Feb 15 13:18:50 2020 -> Giving up on https://database.clamav.net...
Sat Feb 15 13:18:50 2020 -> ERROR: Update failed for database: daily
Sat Feb 15 13:18:50 2020 -> WARNING: fc_update_databases: fc_update_database failed: Connection failed (5)
Sat Feb 15 13:18:50 2020 -> ERROR: Database update process failed: Connection failed (5)
Sat Feb 15 13:18:50 2020 -> ERROR: Update failed.
Sat Feb 15 13:18:50 2020 -> --------------------------------------
Sat Feb 15 14:09:08 2020 -> Update process terminated

Please suggest what else I should show in order to get an answer to my problem.

Remove what you have done first.
Then use the ClamAV guide in our Help Manual please.

im having exactly the same problem, how do i remove clamav to start again?