Debian Virus Scanning - ClamAV
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:Posted: 2007-07-16 23:06
:Tags: Debian

If you want to scan a drive for viruses you need ClamAV::

    sudo apt-get install clamav

Configure your mirror by updating ``/etc/clamav/freshclam.conf`` like this::

    # DatabaseMirror db.local.clamav.net
    DatabaseMirror db.au.clamav.net

(I've chosen ``au`` instead of ``uk`` because the UK mirror seems to be down)

Then update the virus definitions::

    sudo freshclam

Recursively scan a directory showing only infected files::

    clamscan -ri /media/usbdisk/Sync