AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'setdefaulttimeout'

[adrian]

I get those errors when I run:
 /usr/local/bin/SquidClamAV_Redirector.py -c
/etc/squid/SquidClamAV_Redirector.conf

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/SquidClamAV_Redirector.py", line 573, in ?
    redirector = SquidClamAV_Redirector(config)
  File "/usr/local/bin/SquidClamAV_Redirector.py", line 145, in
__init__
   self.__start_urlhandler__()
  File "/usr/local/bin/SquidClamAV_Redirector.py", line 454, in
__start_urlhandler__
    urllib.socket.setdefaulttimeout(self.timeout)
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'setdefaulttimeout'
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the line that is the problem looks like this:

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urllib.socket.setdefaulttimeout(self.timeout)
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from the global sintax:

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        def __start_urlhandler__(self):
                """ create the urlhandler object """
                # set timeout
                urllib.socket.setdefaulttimeout(self.timeout)
                self.urlhandler = urllib.URLopener()
                if self.proxy != {}:
                        self.urlhandler.proxies = self.proxy
                self.urlhandler.addheaders      = [('User-agent',
ModuleName + ' ' + str(version))]

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can you give me a hint with this matter?