HOWTO : ClamAV on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) is a free and open-source, cross-platform antivirus software tool-kit able to detect many types of malicious software, including viruses.



This guide will lead you to set up ClamAV for "Scan On Access" instead of "Scan On Demand". It is also target to Desktop usage only.



The current version at this writing is ClamAV 0.98.7+dfsg.



Step 1 :



sudo apt-get install clamav clamav-freshclam clamav-daemon libclamunrar6



Step 2 :



sudo nano /etc/clamav/clamd.conf



To make the entries looking like the following. Make sure to replace "samiux" with your username.







cd ~

mkdir quarantine



Step 3 :



sudo nano /etc/clamav/freshclam.conf



To make the entries looking like the following.







sudo freshclam



Step 4 :



sudo nano /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.clamd



To make the entries looking like the following.







After that, execute the following command to reload the apparmor rules.



sudo apparmor_parser -r /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.clamd



Remark :



Download or copy will not trigger the ClamAV scan but browsing or executing (or etc) will. If any malware or virus (no matter it is for Windows, Linux or Mac OSX) is detected, it will be moved to "quarantine" directory. You can also check the log at "/var/log/clamav/clamav.log".



Testing :



You can install NO harm virus testing files for testing.



sudo apt-get install clamav-testfiles



The NO harm virus testing files are located at "/usr/share/clamav-testfiles".



Reference



AppArmor Wiki



See also : Fireclam Firefox Add-ons



That's all! See you.