ClamAV is an open source (GPL) antivirus engine designed for detecting viruses, malware and other malicious threats on Linux. It’s easy to use and best for Linux based Web and Mail server.
This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo’ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you through the step by step installation ClamAV on a Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) server.
Install ClamAV on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Step 1. First make sure that all your system packages are up-to-date
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade
Step 2. Installing ClamAV on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
ClamAV is available in the Ubuntu repositories, you can install using following command:
sudo apt install clamav
Update virus database with Freshclam:
sudo freshclam
It’ll take a few minutes to complete. When it’s done, restart the service:
sudo systemctl start clamav-freshclam
Try to scan:
clamscan --infected --remove --recursive /home
Step 3. Installing ClamTK.
ClamTK package provides GUI window, This is useful for desktop user:
sudo apt install clamtk
Congratulation’s! You have successfully installed ClamAV. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing ClamAV open source antivirus engine in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you to check the official ClamAV web site.