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Clam Antivirus Program



ClamAV

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Even though Linux, in general, is safer and doesn't have a lot of viruses, you should have antivirus protection just in case. There is a great saying to support my advice: It's no use crying over spilt milk. I found an interesting AV Program called ClamAV. On their website, they state that ClamAV® is an open source antivirus engine for detecting trojans, viruses, malware & other malicious threats. So if you want to install the program, open your Terminal and copy that code (paste in Terminal: CTRL+SHIFT+v):

sudo apt-get install clamav

If you want to run ClamAV, copy the following code:

clamscan --infected --remove --recursive /index

However, if you want a functional and useful product, you must keep it up to date, since malicious software is produced constantly. Usually it is done automatically, but if you want to do it manually, copy the code below:

sudo freshclam

If you get ERROR: /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log is locked by another process & ERROR: Problem with internal logger (UpdateLogFile = /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log), that means that your updates are ran automatically for you. If you want to change that copy this code and change how ClamAV is updated:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure clamav-freshclam

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