Install and configure Antivirus ClamAV

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[edit] Clam AV installation

  • Grab it
    pacman -Sy clamav
  • Configure it
    1. Edit /etc/clamav/clamd.conf, /etc/clamav/freshclam.conf and comment out the Example flag
    2. Edit /etc/conf.d/clamav and change the start options from "no" to "yes"
# change these to "yes" to start
START_FRESHCLAM="yes"
START_CLAMD="yes"
  • Edit /etc/rc.conf and write clamav into the list of daemons, if you like to start clamav automaticaly when booting.

Note: If you get the following messages after running freshclam

WARNING: Clamd was NOT notified: Can't connect to clamd through /var/lib/clamav/clamd.sock
connect(): No such file or directory

Run the following commands as root:

# touch /var/lib/clamav/clamd.sock
# chown clamav:clamav /var/lib/clamav/clamd.sock
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