How to Install and configure Clamav Antivirus

How to Install and configure Clamav Antivirus

Install Clamav to protect from Virus.

1. Install Clamav

 [root@mail ~]#yum --enablerepo=rpmforge -y install clamav      # install from RPMforge

[root@mail ~]#vi /etc/freshclam.conf          # line 122: make it comment

NotifyClamd /etc/clamd.conf

[root@mail ~]#freshclam            # update pattern files

ClamAV update process started at Sun Jul 10 22:10:08 2011
main.cvd is up to date (version: 53, sigs: 846214, f-level: 53, builder: sven)
daily.cvd is up to date (version: 13304, sigs: 144473, f-level: 60, builder: guitar)
bytecode.cvd is up to date (version: 143, sigs: 40, f-level: 60, builder: edwin)

2. Try to Scan.

# try to scan

[root@mail ~]# clamscan --infected --remove --recursive /home

----------- SCAN SUMMARY -----------
Known viruses: 989350
Engine version: 0.97.1
Scanned directories: 3
Scanned files: 3
Infected files: 0
Data scanned: 0.00 MB
Data read: 0.00 MB (ratio 0.00:1)
Time: 2.060 sec (0 m 2 s)

# try to download trial virus

[root@mail ~]#wget http://www.eicar.org/download/eicar.com

[root@mail ~]#clamscan --infected --remove --recursive .

./eicar.com: Eicar-Test-Signature FOUND
./eicar.com: Removed.

# just detected

----------- SCAN SUMMARY -----------
nown viruses: 989350
Engine version: 0.97.1
Scanned directories: 1
Scanned files: 13
Infected files: 1
Data scanned: 0.02 MB
Data read: 0.01 MB (ratio 2.00:1)
Time: 2.079 sec (0 m 2 s)

Hope you Enjoy the tutorial.