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Practical Linux Security Cookbook

You're reading from   Practical Linux Security Cookbook Secure your Linux environment from modern-day attacks with practical recipes

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789138399
Length 482 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Tajinder Kalsi Tajinder Kalsi
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Linux Security Problem FREE CHAPTER 2. Configuring a Secure and Optimized Kernel 3. Local Filesystem Security 4. Local Authentication in Linux 5. Remote Authentication 6. Network Security 7. Security Tools 8. Linux Security Distros 9. Bash Vulnerability Patching 10. Security Monitoring and Logging 11. Understanding Linux Service Security 12. Scanning and Auditing Linux 13. Vulnerability Scanning and Intrusion Detection 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Scanning with ClamAV


ClamAV is a cross-platform antivirus software that is capable of detecting different types of malware, including viruses. It includes various utilities such as a command-line scanner, a database updater, and a multi-threaded daemon, making it a powerful tool.

Getting ready

We have to install either the command-line version or the GUI version of the tool, before we can run a scan on our system. The tool can be installed as discussed in the previous section.

How to do it...

In this section, we will see how to use ClamAV to perform a scan; as per our requirements.

  1. As a first step, we will check the Help menu of the tool, to see the different options supported by ClamAV, as shown here:
  1. As seen in the following screenshot, ClamAV supports various options to be used during scanning:
  1. We will now start the scan on the /home directory, as shown here:
  1. Once the scan completes, it shows a scan summary as follows:
  1. We can also run the scan using the GUI version. After opening the tool, we...
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