CC> However, nothing needs to be edited.  Every setting has a
 CC> default, and I have no reason to change any of the
 CC> defaults.  The readme says

>> Please set
>>
>>   LocalSocket \socket\clamd
>>
>> in configuration files.

 CC> Actually, as clamav installs, LocalSocket is set to
 CC> \socket\clamd, so there is nothing to do there.
 CC> Now maybe this is some kind of trick.

i'd suspect that you should check your TCP/IP SERVICES file and see what,
if any, socket is listed in there as being the clamd socket... if it isn't
listed, put in an entry for it and reboot...

 CC> There is no directory or subdirectory "\socket" anywhere on my
 CC> computer.

it is a psuedo directory much like the /pipe/ directory for using pipes
across the network...

)\/(ark