Scan Linux Ubuntu for viruses with ClamAV Virus scanner for Linux Ubuntu. Install ClamAV on Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu 14.10. ClamAV is an open source antivirus engine for detecting trojans, viruses, malware & other malicious threats.
ClamAV is the open source standard for mail gateway scanning software. It includes a multi-threaded scanner daemon, command line utilities for on demand file scanning and automatic signature updates. It supports multiple file formats, file and archive unpacking, and multiple signature languages.
Please note that although there aren’t many viruses for Linux Ubuntu or other Linux distributions. However people with Dual Boot (Windows+Ubuntu) are always scanning their system for any possible threats. For such people, who want to scan their Ubuntu systems for any kind of online threats, use ClamAV. ClamAV is an open source anti-virus engine for detecting trojans, viruses, malware & other malicious threats on Linux Systems.
ClamAV Features
- Command-line scanner
- Milter interface for sendmail
- Advanced database updater with support for scripted updates and digital signatures
- Virus database updated multiple times per day
- Built-in support for all standard mail file formats
- Built-in support for various archive formats, including Zip, RAR, Dmg, Tar, Gzip, Bzip2, OLE2, Cabinet, CHM, BinHex, SIS and others
- Built-in support for ELF executables and Portable Executable files packed with UPX, FSG, Petite, NsPack, wwpack32, MEW, Upack and obfuscated with SUE, Y0da Cryptor and others
- Built-in support for popular document formats including MS Office and MacOffice files, HTML, Flash, RTF and PDF
Install ClamAV on Ubuntu
To install ClamAV on Ubuntu, run the following command in Terminal:
sudo apt-get install clamav
Once installed, update ClamAV signatures. Run the following command to update the signature for better scanning:
sudo freshclam
Once installed, you can scan the Linux Ubuntu system. To scan the Linux Ubuntu system, use the “clamscan” command. You can also get to known more about the “clamscan” by running the “clamscan –-help” in Terminal:
clamscan –-help
While scanning, you can scan the whole system or any specific folders and directory paths.