clamav-linux-free-antivuris-scan¶
Linux Clam AntiVirus ClamAV
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Runs on AmazonLinux, Linux RedHat, Ubuntu, MacOS, Raspberry Pi, ...
ClamAV is an open source antivirus engine for detecting trojans, viruses, malware & other malicious threats.¶
- Official page - https://www.clamav.net/
Basic installation ClamAV Linux open source antivirus¶
MacOS - brew install clamav
RaspberryPi Ubuntu - apt-get install clamav
AmazonLinux, RedHat, CentOS, Fedora - yum install clamav
Using ClamAV freshclam and clamscn¶
## updates anti-virus database engine
freshclam -v
## executes the scan-antivirus, -->> ATTENTION to the `--remove` flag, this deletes files!
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# consider running the command first without the `--remove` flag.
sudo clamscan --infected --remove --recursive=yes .
brief explanation¶
sudo
- run the command as superuser or rootclamscan
- runs the ClamAV scanner-v
- run in verbose mode--infected
- only output infected files (unless you also specified the verbose)--remove
- removes (deletes) infected detected files
offical manual command man freshclam man clamscan¶
use man freshclam
or man clamscan
for the official command line manual.