LINUX. Antivirus CLAMAV

Purpose

Install and protect my Linux operating system from virus. 

We need have administrator  privileges

Steps

Command: "sudo apt-get install clamav clamav-daemon"

 This command can long very minutes

Command: "sudo freshclam" update antivirus

If there are errors:

You need stop this service firts

Command: "sudo /etc/init.d/clamav-daemon start"  start antivirus

Command: "sudo /etc/init.d/clamav-freshclam start"

To run the software:

 Command: "sudo clamscan"

To scheduler

1. Made a directory for files in quarentine 

2. Use crontab

I choose 1 option

Insert this commands:

This sentence excute te antirus every day at 22:00 and move to /tmp/VIRUSCUARENTENA the suspects files

More info: https://www.clamav.net/

Check in Linux Mint 19.1 Cinnamon & Ubuntu 

by GoN | Published: January 24 2019 | Last Updated: Augost 8, 2020