Tutorials and How-tos/Install Clam AntiVirus
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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