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<br>Edit the sources file: | <br>Edit the sources file: | ||
<pre>nano /etc/apt/sources.list </pre> | <pre>nano /etc/apt/sources.list </pre> | ||
<br>Add the following repository in the sources file | <br>Add the following repository in the sources file: | ||
<pre>deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile etch/volatile main contrib non-free </pre> | <pre>deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile etch/volatile main contrib non-free </pre> | ||
<br>Install ClamAV | <br>Install ClamAV: | ||
<pre>apt-get install clamav </pre> | <pre>apt-get install clamav </pre> | ||
<br>Start | <br>Start ClamA: | ||
<pre>freshclam </pre> | <pre>freshclam </pre> | ||
<br>Check if ClamAV is running | <br>Check if ClamAV is running: | ||
<pre>ps aux | grep clam | <pre>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 ? Ss 17:52 0:41 /usr/bin/freshclam -d --quiet </pre> | ||
<br>Stopping ClamAV | <br>Stopping ClamAV: | ||
<pre>killall freshclam </pre> | <pre>killall freshclam </pre> | ||
<br>Verify that ClamAV is not running | <br>Verify that ClamAV is not running: | ||
<pre>ps aux | grep clam </pre> | <pre>ps aux | grep clam </pre> | ||
<br> Starting ClamAV as a daemon which runs in the background and scans files: | |||
Starting ClamAV as a daemon which runs in the background and scans files | |||
<pre>/usr/bin/freshclam -d --quiet | <pre>/usr/bin/freshclam -d --quiet | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
Revision as of 13:37, 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 ClamA:
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