How to scan for viruses with ClamAV on Ubuntu ClamAV. There aren't many viruses made for Linux distributions and as such, most people who use such systems don't even.

High Performance. ClamAV includes a multi-threaded scanner daemon, command line utilities for on demand file scanning and automatic signature updates. I installed ClamAV via Terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) with: sudo apt-get install clamav but how can I scan for viruses? Jul 10, 2017 ClamAV detects viruses on all platforms. Other antivirus programs running on Ubuntu can be found here. Installing ClamAV from Ubuntu. By Default 'ClamAV.

To install ClamAV on Ubuntu 17.04 Having your system and server affected by malicious elements is perhaps the last thing you would want. Installing a powerful anti-virus software could keep your system immune to those malicious elements like virus, malware, spyware, etc. Once such Anti-Virus known to have these properties is ClamAV. ClamAV is free, open source, cross platform and command-line based antivirus software. One of the most notable features of ClamAV is its ability to function as a server side email virus scanner. We have already covered the installation of ClamAV on the previous versions of Ubuntu, now we'll guide you through the installation of ClamAV on Ubuntu 17.04 Installing ClamAV Begin the installation of ClamAV by running the following command. Root@linuxhelp1:~# apt install clamav -y Reading package lists.

Done Building dependency tree Reading state information. Done The following additional packages will be installed: clamav-base clamav-freshclam libclamav7 libllvm3.9 libmspack0 libtfm1 Suggested packages: clamav-docs libclamunrar7 The following NEW packages will be installed: clamav clamav-base clamav-freshclam libclamav7 libllvm3.9 libmspack0 libtfm1 0 upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 56 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 12.3 MB of archives. After this operation, 50.1 MB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 zesty/main amd64 libmspack0 amd64 0.5-1 [38.2 kB] Get:2 zesty/main amd64 clamav-base all 0.99.2+dfsg-6 [57.8 kB]... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-9ubuntu2.2).

Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19). Processing triggers for systemd (232-21ubuntu2). Once the installation is done, invoke the following command to edit freshclam config. Root@linuxhelp1:~# sed -i -e 's/^NotifyClamd/#NotifyClamd/g' /etc/clamav/freshclam.conf After that, stop the clam server and update the machine by running the following command.

Root@linuxhelp1:~# /etc/init.d/clamav-freshclam stop [ ok ] Stopping clamav-freshclam (via systemctl): clamav-freshclam.service. Root@linuxhelp1:~# freshclam ClamAV update process started at Mon Jun 19 23: Downloading main.cvd [100%] main.cvd updated (version: 58, sigs: 4566249, f-level: 60, builder: sigmgr) WARNING: getfile: Unknown response from db.local.clamav.net (IP: 219.94.128.99) WARNING: Can't download daily.cvd from db.local.clamav.net Free Movieplus X6 (win Xpvistawin 7) Programs. ... Downloading daily.cvd [100%] daily.cvd updated (version: 23488, sigs: 1736840, f-level: 63, builder: neo) Downloading bytecode.cvd [100%] bytecode.cvd updated (version: 303, sigs: 59, f-level: 63, builder: anvilleg) Database updated (6303148 signatures) from db.local.clamav.net (IP: 27.96.54.66) Now, you can start the ClamAV service as follows. Root@linuxhelp1:~# /etc/init.d/clamav-freshclam start [ ok ] Starting clamav-freshclam (via systemctl): clamav-freshclam.service.

ClamAV is fully functional now. Start the scan by triggering the following command. Root@linuxhelp1:~# clamscan --infected --remove --recursive /home ----------- SCAN SUMMARY ----------- Known viruses: 6297599 Engine version: 0.99.2 Scanned directories: 82 Scanned files: 82 Infected files: 0 Data scanned: 3.77 MB Data read: 2.86 MB (ratio 1.32:1) Time: 15.577 sec (0 m 15 s) Here in the scan, there isn't any infected file.

You can also download an infected virus file as shown below for testing root@linuxhelp1:~# wget --2017-06-20 00:10:38-- Resolving www.eicar.org (www.eicar.org). 213.211.198.62 Connecting to www.eicar.org (www.eicar.org) 213.211.198.62 :80. HTTP request sent, awaiting response.

200 OK Length: 68 [application/octet-stream] Saving to: ‘eicar.com’ eicar.com 100%[=========================================================================================>] 68 -.-KB/s in 0s 2017-06-20 00:10:42 (10.7 MB/s) - ‘eicar.com’ saved [68/68] This file contains virus and it is for testing with ClamAV Once the infected file is downloaded, run ClamAV scan again. Root@linuxhelp1:~# clamscan --infected --remove --recursive././eicar.com: Eicar-Test-Signature FOUND./eicar.com: Removed. ----------- SCAN SUMMARY ----------- Known viruses: 6297599 Engine version: 0.99.2 Scanned directories: 81 Scanned files: 83 Infected files: 1 Data scanned: 3.77 MB Data read: 2.86 MB (ratio 1.32:1) Time: 13.544 sec (0 m 13 s) At the end of the scan, ClamAV finds the infected file and have removed it. These are the steps involved in the installation of ClamAV on Ubuntu 17.04.