Mastering Linux Security and Hardening

Installing ClamAV and maldet

We'll begin by installing ClamAV. (It's in the normal repository for Ubuntu, but not for CentOS. For CentOS, you'll need to install the EPEL repository, as I showed you how to do in Chapter 1, Running Linux in a Virtual Environment.) We'll also install Wget, which we'll use to download LMD.

The following command will help you install ClamAV and Wget on Ubuntu:

donnie@ubuntu3:~$ sudo apt install clamav wget

The following command will help you install ClamAV and Wget on CentOS:

[donnie@localhost ~]$ sudo yum install clamav clamav-update wget

For Ubuntu, the clamav package contains everything you need. For CentOS, you'll need to also install clamav-update in order to obtain virus updates.

The rest of the steps will ...