{"id":9134,"date":"2024-04-05T15:29:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T15:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.linuxandotherstuff.com\/?p=9134"},"modified":"2024-04-05T15:29:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T15:29:14","slug":"how-to-install-clamav-on-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/2024\/04\/05\/how-to-install-clamav-on-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install ClamAV on Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How to Install ClamAV on Ubuntu<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You can install ClamAV on Linux Ubuntu by following the steps below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 1: Update the Package Repository Index <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To update the package repository index, you can execute the following command.<\/p>\n\n\n

\nsudo apt-get update\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
Step 2: Install ClamAV<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
To install the ClamAV, you can execute the following command.<\/p>\n\n\n
\nsudo apt-get install clamav clamav-daemon -y\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
Here is the output.<\/p>\n\n\n
\nroot@noufal:~# sudo apt-get install clamav clamav-daemon -y\nReading package lists... Done\nBuilding dependency tree... Done\nReading state information... Done\nThe following additional packages will be installed:\n  clamav-base clamav-freshclam clamdscan libclamav9 libltdl7 libtfm1\nSuggested packages:\n  libclamunrar clamav-docs daemon libclamunrar9\nThe following NEW packages will be installed:\n  clamav clamav-base clamav-daemon clamav-freshclam clamdscan libclamav9 libltdl7 libtfm1\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
Step 3: Confirm the ClamAV Version<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
After installing ClamAV, execute the following command to confirm the ClamAV version.<\/p>\n\n\n
\nroot@noufal:~# clamscan --version\nClamAV 0.103.8\/26825\/Mon Feb 27 08:24:38 2023\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
Step 4: Update the ClamAV Signature Database<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
ClamAV detects malware using virus signature databases. The most recent signatures are regularly updated in these databases. To keep protected, you must also download and install these updates on your ClamAV installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To update the ClamAV Signature Database, follow these steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stop the ClamAV Service<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
You will need to execute the following command to stop the ClamAV service.<\/p>\n\n\n
\nsudo systemctl stop clamav-freshclam\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
Manually Update the ClamAV Signature Database<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
You must execute the following command to update the ClamAV signature database manually.<\/p>\n\n\n
\nsudo freshclam\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
Here is the output.<\/p>\n\n\n
\nroot@noufal:~# sudo freshclam\nThu Mar 2 06:10:22 2023 -> ClamAV update process started at Tue Mar 2 06:10:22 2023\nThu Mar 2 06:10:22 2023 -> daily.cvd database is up-to-date (version: 26825, sigs: 2021909, f-level: 90, builder: raynman)\nThu Mar 2 06:10:22 2023 -> main.cvd database is up-to-date (version: 62, sigs: 6647427, f-level: 90, builder: sigmgr)\nThu Mar 2 06:10:22 2023 -> bytecode.cvd database is up-to-date (version: 334, sigs: 91, f-level: 90, builder: anvilleg)\n\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
Start the ClamAV Service<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
You will need to execute the following command to start the ClamAV service.<\/p>\n\n\n
\nsudo systemctl start clamav-freshclam\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
You can list the options available with ClamAV by executing the following command.<\/p>\n\n\n
\nman clamscan\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
To scan a directory recursively, execute the command below.<\/p>\n\n\n
\nclamscan --infected --remove --recursive foldername\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
To scan a file, execute the command below.<\/p>\n\n\n
\nclamscan --remove filename\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
Here are explanations of some portions of the commands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-i, –infected<\/em><\/strong>: Only show infected files on the screen. Clean files are not displayed. To suppress, use this option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-r, –recursive<\/em><\/strong>: Scan the folder and its subfolders recursively. Avoid using this setting to restrict the scan to the top folder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
–remove<\/em><\/strong>: Remove infected files automatically. If a false-positive detection occurs when using this option, ClamAV will also delete those files.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
How to Install ClamAV on Ubuntu You can install ClamAV on Linux Ubuntu by following the steps below. Step 1: Update the Package Repository Index  To update the package repository index, you can execute the following command. Step 2: Install ClamAV To install the ClamAV, you can execute the following command. Here is the output. … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ubuntu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9134"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9135,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9134\/revisions\/9135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}