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how can I scan a file for viruses?

Asked by michaelg

I see that clamav is installed but no GUI. How are scans of specific files accomplished? Full disk scans?

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kay van der Zander (kay20) said : 		#1

Hello,

you can go in to any diretion in terminal with cd command.
full disk scan you could do this "cd / && clamscan -r -z --enable-stats

the -r and -z makes sure it scanns everything from that directory you are in.
With the --enable-stats it displays alle the files it scans and if he found something.

in files you could also go to the directory you want to scan. right mouse click and choose open in. and then terminal
and typ this command : clamscan -r -z --enable-stats

if you want to know more options you could do type clamscan --help to see all the options

Kind regards,
Kay

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bonbonboi (bonbonboi) said : 		#2

I think there is the ClamTk which is a GUI front-end for ClamAV.

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