CLAMAV

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ClamAV refers to an open-source antivirus engine to detect Trojans, malware, viruses, and other malevolent threats. It is one of the best software solutions to keep your data safe and prevent viruses from accessing your files. ClamAV is optimized for email servers that make it more appropriate for network administrators.

Features: 

Great Performance: ClamAV includes a multi-threaded scanner daemon, command-line utilities for on-demand file scanning, and automatic signature updates.

Versatile & Flexible: ClamAV supports multiple file formats, file and archive unpacking, and multiple signature languages.

Useful Antivirus Toolkit: It is a beneficial antivirus toolkit that is basically designed to detect threats in email messages and other files. It offers numerous detection mechanisms for malware, Trojans, and other security threats.

  1. Type virtual machines in the search.
  2. Under Services, select Virtual machines.
  3. In the Virtual machines page, select Add. The Create a virtual machine page opens.
  4. In the Basics tab, under Project details, make sure the correct subscription is selected and then choose to Create new resource group. Type myResourceGroup for the name.*.
  5. Under Instance details, type myVM for the Virtual machine name, choose East US for your Region, and choose Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for your Image. Leave the other defaults.
  6. Under Administrator account, select SSH public key, type your user name, then paste in your public key. Remove any leading or trailing white space in your public key.
  7. Under Inbound port rules > Public inbound ports, choose Allow selected ports and then select SSH (22) and HTTP (80) from the drop-down.
  8. Leave the remaining defaults and then select the Review + create button at the bottom of the page.
  9. On the Create a virtual machine page, you can see the details about the VM you are about to create. When you are ready, select Create.

It will take a few minutes for your VM to be deployed. When the deployment is finished, move on to the next section.

Connect to virtual machine

Create an SSH connection with the VM.

  1. Select the Connect button on the overview page for your VM.
  2. In the Connect to virtual machine page, keep the default options to connect by IP address over port 22. In Login using VM local account a connection command is shown. Select the button to copy the command. The following example shows what the SSH connection command looks like:

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ssh azureuser@10.111.12.123

  1. Using the same bash shell you used to create your SSH key pair (you can reopen the Cloud Shell by selecting >_ again or going to https://shell.azure.com/bash), paste the SSH connection command into the shell to create an SSH session.

Usage/Deployment Instructions

Step 1: Access Clamav from Azure Marketplace and click ON Get it now button.

Click on continue,

Click on create,

Step 2: Now to create a virtual machine, enter or select appropriate values for zone, machine type, resource group and so on as per your choice.

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Step 3: check #  clamscan –version

Step 4:  sudo systemctl start clamav-freshclam

             sudo systemctl status clamav-freshclam.service

           

 Clamscan is used to scan files and directories for viruses and delete them immediately.

 clamscan [options] [files-or-directories]

For example, you can scan the /etc directory with the following command:

$ clamscan –infected –remove –recursive /etc

You should see the following output:

To run clamav in Gui.

Step 1:  Open putty and connect with your machine.

Step 2: Login with user name “ubuntu”

Step 3: Sudo su

Step 4:- Remember to add an port 5901 in your AWS Instance Security Group in order for tunneling to work.

Step 5:- vncserver :1

Step 6:- Open new putty and enter the following details.

Step 7 :- After that click on open and login as a “Ubuntu”.

If you’re on Windows, download Tight-VNC to install VNC. Connect to localhost::5902 and use the password you gave above. You should now see your new shiny Ubuntu desktop.

Use the password you provided during the installation of VNC server

Enjoy your application.

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Highlights

  • ClamAV is the open-source standard for mail gateway scanning software.
  • It has an advanced database updater with support for scripted updates and digital signatures.
  • It offers built-in support for all standard mail file formats.

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