{"id":23229,"date":"2020-12-09T10:13:46","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T02:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.mwwsb.com.my\/pjci\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=23229"},"modified":"2022-09-08T20:00:23","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T12:00:23","slug":"antivirus-clamav","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/kb\/antivirus-clamav","title":{"rendered":"AntiVirus: ClamAV"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"23229\" class=\"elementor elementor-23229\" data-elementor-post-type=\"kb\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5124a72 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5124a72\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-622ec8c\" data-id=\"622ec8c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-173d389 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"173d389\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">AntiVirus: ClamAV<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14d1184 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"14d1184\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-5\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">ClamAV is an open-source antivirus software toolkit. It helps us to detect malicious software and viruses on a variety of operating systems, such as Linux. We often use it on mail servers to scan for viruses in emails.\u00a0<\/p><div id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-6\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\">Here is some reasons why you should consider ClamAV for Linux:<\/div><div id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-8\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\">\u00a0<\/div><ul id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-9\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"><li>You want to lock down your machine as much as possible when you have sensitive data o your computer<\/li><li>Dual boot with Windows. You can use ClamAV to scan all drive partitions and additional drives on your computer.<\/li><li>You would like to create a system rescue CD, DVD, or USB to troubleshoot viruses on a friend&#8217;s Windows-based computer.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-818776b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"818776b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Features<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02abaec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"02abaec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>High detection rates for spyware and viruses<\/li><li>A scheduler for scanning<\/li><li>Automatic downloads of updated Virus Database.<\/li><li>Standalone virus scanner &amp; right-click menu integration to Microsoft Windows Explorer<\/li><li>Addin to Microsoft Outlook in order to remove virus-infected attachments automatically.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff69086 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff69086\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Clamwin Free Antivirus<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d286773 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d286773\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><strong><em>ClamWin<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<strong><em>Free Antivirus<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is based on\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clamav.net\/\" rel=\"noopener\">ClamAV<\/a><\/em><\/strong> engine. It uses <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gnu.org\/copyleft\/gpl.html\" rel=\"noopener\">GNU General Public License<\/a>\u00a0by the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fsf.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Free Software Foundation<\/a>, and is free (as in freedom) software. For further information, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gnu.org\/philosophy\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Philosophy of the GNU Project &#8211; Free Software Foundation<\/a>.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div><div>However, <em>ClamWin Free Antivirus<\/em><strong>\u00a0does not<\/strong> include an on-access real-time scanner. You would need to <strong>manually<\/strong> scan a file to detect a virus or spyware.<\/div><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div><div>Latest version of Clamwin Free Antivirus- 0.99.4<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d862747 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d862747\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Downloads<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69dd80e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69dd80e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>User may download for ClamAV for server hosting.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85fd043 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"85fd043\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><strong>For Windows<\/strong><\/div><div>\u2013 Download the application source code.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div><strong>For Linux<\/strong><\/div><div>\u2013 Run this command query. <em>$ sudo apt-get install clamav.<\/em><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>Next, for Update ClamAV \u2013&gt; $ <code>sudo freshclam<\/code><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>Besides, you can also scan viruses using ClamAV<\/div><div><em>$ clamscan OPTIONS File\/Folder<\/em><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div><p>If necessary start with root permissions:<em> sudo clamscan.<\/em><\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li><p>First, to check all the files on the\u00a0computer, displaying each file\u2019s name:<\/p><\/li><li><ul><li><ul><li><code>clamscan -r \/<\/code><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><ul><li>To check all files on the computer, but only display infected files and ring a bell when found:<\/li><li><code>clamscan -r --bell -i \/<\/code><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><ul><li>To check files in the all users\u2019 home directories:<\/li><li><code>clamscan -r \/home<\/code><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><ul><li>Check files in the <code>USER<\/code>\u00a0home directory and move infected files to another folder:<\/li><li><code>clamscan -r --move=\/home\/USER\/VIRUS \/home\/USER<\/code><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><ul><li>Check files in the <code>USER<\/code>\u00a0home directory and remove infected files (WARNING: Files will be gone.):<\/li><li><code>clamscan -r --remove \/home\/USER<\/code><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><ul><li>See more options:<\/li><li><code>clamscan --help<\/code><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AntiVirus: ClamAV ClamAV is an open-source antivirus software toolkit. It helps us to detect malicious software and viruses on a variety of operating systems, such as Linux. We often use it on mail servers to scan for viruses in emails. 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