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.
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.
bashCopy
ssh azureuser@10.111.12.123
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.