Linux/Ubuntu antivirus - Clamav and Clamtk guide [Boosted volum]
10Linux antivirus - Clamav and Clamtk
ClamAV is an open source antivirus engine for detecting trojans, viruses, malware & other malicious threats.
This scans for linux and windows malicious software
clamav man page
http://linux.die.net/man/1/clamscan
askubuntu page
http://askubuntu.com/a/560947
update the virus definitions
sudo freshclam
To check all files on the computer, displaying the name of each file:
clamscan -r
Check file and move infected files to another folder
clamscan -r --move=/home/USER/VIRUS /home/USER
remove infected files
clamscan -r --remove /home/USER
If the clamav tells you that there is a new version of clamav do not worry about it the most important thing to have latest database (freshclam)
If clamtk tells you that there is a new gui version again don't worry about it the important thing is the database
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