How to start a ClamAV scan

Christopher Barnett

Question

How do you start a ClamAV scan?

A ClamAV scan can be started from an account's cPanel or from the command line:

cPanel

Navigate to Home / Advanced / Virus Scanner
Select if you want to scan the Home Directory, Mail, FTP, or Web Space
Start the scan by pressing Scan Now

Command line

Log in to the server via SSH or WHM's Terminal as the root user
Run the following command:
# /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/clamscan -ir /home/USER/public_html
Note: You need to replace USER with the cPanel account's username

You can run a scan on all users with the following command:

# /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/clamscan -r /home*/*/public_html