How to Install Clam AV on RHEL 7/CentOS 7

Clam AV is an open source antivirus tool for Linux. Clam AV is used widely for detecting Viruses, Trojans, malware and other malicious threats on Linux.

Clam AV is available for Cent OS 7 on EPEL repository (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux).

Setup EPEL repository: follow tutorial How to install EPEL repository on Centos7

Install Clam AV: follow the below command to get Clam AV installed:

[root@linuxcnf ~]# yum install clamav clamav-update clamav-scanner-systemd Loaded plugins: fastestmirror ……. Installed: clamav.x86_64 0:0.99.4-1.el7                    clamav-scanner-systemd.noarch 0:0.99.4-1.el7                    clamav-update.x86_64 0:0.99.4-1.el7 Dependency Installed: clamav-data.noarch 0:0.99.4-1.el7       clamav-filesystem.noarch 0:0.99.4-1.el7         clamav-lib.x86_64 0:0.99.4-1.el7     clamav-scanner.noarch 0:0.99.4-1.el7 clamav-server.x86_64 0:0.99.4-1.el7     clamav-server-systemd.noarch 0:0.99.4-1.el7 Complete! [root@linuxcnf ~]#

Configuration of Clam AV:

[root@linuxcnf ~]# clamd -V ERROR: Can't open/parse the config file /etc/clamd.conf [root@linuxcnf ~]# locate clamd.conf /usr/share/doc/clamav-server-0.99.4/clamd.conf /usr/share/man/man5/clamd.conf.5.gz [root@linuxcnf ~]# cp -p /usr/share/doc/clamav-server-0.99.4/clamd.conf /etc/clamd.conf [root@linuxcnf ~]# sed -i /^Example/d /etc/clamd.conf [root@linuxcnf ~]# clamd -V ClamAV 0.99.4/24356/Fri Mar  2 04:14:59 2018 [root@linuxcnf ~]#

Installation is done!!!