How to Run Antivirus Scan in CentOS Web Panel

Sometimes you need to run a virus scan on your server to ensure your files are not infected with files that can compromise your site. CentOS Web Panel comes with an Antivirus Scanner that you can run to check your files on your account.

Running the Scan

Step 1: Login to your CentOS Web Panel Client, not the admin (CWP-client)

Step 2: Select the antivirus scan from either the File Management

Step 3: or the quick access scan on the right side of the panel

Step 4: Select what scan you want

• Scan with full info
• Scan and log only found
• Get the last scan results.

Step 5: Click the start Antivirus Scan button

After the scan runs, you can see the results with the Get Last Scan Results option.

Run Scan Using Command Line

You can also run a virus scan using the command line. This can be done using Maldet or ClamAV.

Maldet

Update Maldet

maldet -u

Scan public_html folder of the infected user account

maldet -a /home/USERNAME/public_html

Replace USERNAME with the user account's username

Using ClamAV (Clam Antivirus)

clamscan -r /home/USERNAME/public_html | grep FOUND

Replace USERNAME with the user account's username

If you have noticed that an account is sending SPAM and started spamming today, then you can search files modified in, e.g. last two days

find /home/USERNAME/public_html -ctime -2 -name "*.php"

Replace USERNAME with the user account's username