Difference between revisions of "Tutorials and How-tos/Install Clam AntiVirus"

Revision as of 13:34, 29 September 2010

Installing Clam Antivirus
This was tested on Bubba v2.0.4

Edit the sources file:

nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Add the following repository in the sources file.

deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile etch/volatile main contrib non-free

Install ClamAV

apt-get install clamav

Start ClamAV

freshclam

Check if ClamAV is running

ps aux | grep clam

clamav 13576 27.6 0.5 3676 1388 ? Ss 17:52 0:41 /usr/bin/freshclam -d --quiet

Stopping ClamAV

killall freshclam

Verify that ClamAV is not running

ps aux | grep clam

Starting ClamAV as a daemon which runs in the background and scans files

/usr/bin/freshclam -d --quiet

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 <br>Edit the sources file:
+<pre>nano /etc/apt/sources.list </pre>
-nano /etc/apt/sources.list
 <br>Add the following repository in the sources file.
+<pre>deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile etch/volatile main contrib non-free </pre>
-deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile etch/volatile main contrib non-free
 <br>Install ClamAV
+<pre>apt-get install clamav </pre>
-apt-get install clamav
 <br>Start ClamAV
+<pre>freshclam </pre>
-freshclam
 <br>Check if ClamAV is running
+<pre>ps aux | grep clam
-ps aux | grep clam
+clamav 13576 27.6 0.5 3676 1388 ? Ss 17:52 0:41 /usr/bin/freshclam -d --quiet </pre>
-clamav 13576 27.6 0.5 3676 1388&nbsp;? Ss 17:52 0:41 /usr/bin/freshclam -d --quiet
 <br>Stopping ClamAV
+<pre>killall freshclam </pre>
-killall freshclam
 <br>Verify that ClamAV is not running
+<pre>ps aux | grep clam </pre>
-ps aux | grep clam
 Starting ClamAV as a daemon which runs in the background and scans files
+<pre>/usr/bin/freshclam -d --quiet
-/usr/bin/freshclam -d --quiet <br>
+</pre>