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Where are cron scripts located?
/var/spool/cron/
Cron jobs are typically located in the spool directories. They are stored in tables called crontabs. You can find them in /var/spool/cron/crontabs. The tables contain the cron jobs for all users, except the root user.
How do I access ClamAV?
To do this on Ubuntu, you can open a terminal and insert “sudo apt-get install clamav” and press enter. You may also build ClamAV from sources to benefit from better scanning performance. To update the signatures, you type “sudo freshclam” on a terminal session and press enter. Now we are ready to scan our system.
Is ClamAV real time?
First of all it means that when you are not connected to the cloud then you are protected by the locally installed ClamAV engine. What may not be clear from that feature description is that ClamAV is also used when you are online, and it is used for realtime protection (on-access scanning) too!
How to Automat Linux anti virus using ClamAV and Cron?
The hourly scans run in a couple of seconds. Each scanning script then checks the scan logs to see if there were any infected files found, and if so immediately sends you a notification e-mail (you could set this address to your mobile phone’s SMS account if you wanted). SUBJECT=”VIRUS DETECTED ON `hostname`!!!”
Where do I find the binaries for ClamAV?
If you prefer to use the command line interface to run ClamAV, the binaries reside in the /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/ directory: To customize a manual run of ClamAV on the command line, you can edit the following options in the /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/etc/clamd.conf file:
How to set default settings for ClamAV scanner?
To set the default settings for new configured users, perform the following steps: Select the services that you wish to scan. Scan Entire Home Directory — Scans the user’s home directory. Scan Mail — Scans the user’s mail folders. Scan Public FTP Space — Scans all folders that FTP users can access.
How to customize a manual run of ClamAV?
To customize a manual run of ClamAV on the command line, you can edit the following options in the /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/etc/clamd.conf file: FixStaleSocket — Removes a stale socket file after an unsuccessful system shutdown. LocalSocket — The path to a local socket file on which the daemon listens.