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Tools to Scan Linux for Viruses And Malware

Often system administrators need to scan Linux for viruses & malware, Here are tools to scan Linux for viruses & malware. #linux <br><br>Visit https://fedingo.com/tools-to-scan-linux-for-viruses-malware/

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Tools to Scan Linux for Viruses And Malware

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  1. Tools to Scan Linux for Viruses & Malware

  2. Chkrootkit Chkrootkit is an open source rootkit scanner for Linux systems. Rootkits are hard to detect software & programs that allow access to a computer where access it not allowed. They are used by hackers to access remote servers and steal data. Chkrootkit consists of shell scripts that checks system binaries for rootkit modifications. Here is the command to install chkrootkit in Ubuntu/Debian systems. $ sudo apt install chkrootkit In RHEL/Fedora/CentOS systems, you need to install Chkrootkit. # yum update # yum install wget gcc-c++ glibc-static # wget -c ftp://ftp.pangeia.com.br/pub/seg/pac/chkrootkit.tar.gz # tar –xzf chkrootkit.tar.gz # mkdir /usr/local/chkrootkit # mv chkrootkit-0.52/* /usr/local/chkrootkit # cd /usr/local/chkrootkit # make sense

  3. Lynis Lynis is a free open-source, powerful security auditing & scanning tool for Linux. It scans system for viruses, malware and security vulnerabilities. It also checks for file integrity, configuration errors, performs firewall auditing, checks installed software, file/directory permissions and so much more. It also offers suggestions to harden your server. Here are the commands to install Lynis from source. # cd /opt/ # wget https://downloads.cisofy.com/lynis/lynis-2.6.6.tar.gz # tar xvzf lynis-2.6.6.tar.gz # mv lynis /usr/local/ # ln -s /usr/local/lynis/lynis /usr/local/bin/lynis

  4. Rkhunter RkHunter (RootKit Hunter) is another open source, free tool for scanning backdoors, rootkits, and security vulnerabilities. It thoroughly inspects a system for security vulnerabilities. It can be installed using the following commands. $ sudo apt install rkhunter # yum install epel-release # yum install rkhunter

  5. ClamAV ClamAV is an open source, versatile, and cross platform antivirus engine to detect viruses, trojans & malware. It also offers a mail gateway scanning software to scan all kinds of mail files. It supports virus database updates and on-access scanning on Linux only. It can scan within archives, compressed files & formats. You can also use it to scan just one or more directories instead of the entire disk. Here is the command to install clamav. $ sudo apt-get install clamav Here is the command to install clamav in RHEL/Fedora/CentOS systems. # yum -y update # yum -y install clamav

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