Hi Teo Peishen, ClamAV is a command-line based program so the learning curve is a little high for setup. One of our goals going forwards after our next version release is to make ClamAV easier to work with, but for the time being it’s a little cumbersome. If you’re fairly adept with command line programs on Windows or Linux, stay around and try out ClamAV. If you’re just looking for a free antivirus product that works out-of-the-box, you may want to try Immunet.
If you want to keep playing with ClamAV on Windows, I recommend using ClamAV-0.100.0-beta. This version has configuration files that are written with Windows in mind (older versions have the Unix ones which won’t work without modification). The 0.100.0-beta version also sets up the database directory for you. The basics of ClamAV usage are: 1. Configure the virus definition updater, Freshclam. a. Start by copying the C:\Program Files\ClamAV\conf_examples\freshclam.conf.sample to C:\Program Files\ClamAV\freshclam.conf. b. Modify C:\Program Files\ClamAV\freshclam.conf to remove or comment out the “Example” line. This line exists to force users to read the configuration files themselves so they don’t make assumptions about the way ClamAV is configured. I realize it’s not a friendly way to do that and we’re investigating ways to improve configuration set up in the future. Again, if you’re using ClamAV 0.99.3 or older, you’ll have to modify a lot of fields in the configuration file such as the file paths so they make sense for Windows. 2 (0.99.3 only). On ClamAV v0.99.3 and earlier you may need to create the C:\Program Files\ClamAV\\database directory by hand. In v0.100.0-beta, the database directory should already exist. 3. Freshclam is the program to update your virus definitions, and it’s time to update those definitions. Open an elevated command prompt: a. Open the Start menu. b. Type “cmd”. c. Right click on “cmd.exe” and select “Run as Administrator” d. Using the elevated command prompt, run freshclam.exe. This will update your virus definitions. The command is something like: C:\Users\Micah> "C:\Program Files\ClamAV\freshclam.exe" 4. Now you can scan stuff. Keep the command prompt open. You’ll want it to run scans. You basically have 2 options for how to scan stuff. a. You can scan things directly using Clamscan.exe. It may take a minute for the virus definitions to load before the scan begins. Example usage: C:\Users\Micah> "C:\Program Files\ClamAV\clamscan.exe” "C:\Users\Micah\Documents” b. -or- You can scan things indirectly, by running the ClamD.exe scanning engine continuously, and [in a different command prompt] trigger scans using ClamDScan.exe. This option has the benefit of loading the virus definition database once when you start ClamD.exe, and then any file or directory you scan with ClamDScan.exe will be scanned immediately. To use ClamD.exe, you will need to set up the clamd.conf file in the same way you set up freshclam.conf. Example usage: C:\Users\Micah> "C:\Program Files\ClamAV\clamd.exe” In another cmd.exe: C:\Users\Micah> "C:\Program Files\ClamAV\clamdscan.exe” "C:\Users\Micah\Documents” That’s it for the basics. For more information about how to use each of the ClamAV programs, use the “--help” command line options. Do please note that the default configuration for ClamAV will notify you about infected files, but it will not quarantine or delete them by default. Cheers, Micah Micah Snyder Software Engineer Talos Cisco Systems, Inc. On Feb 13, 2018, at 4:18 AM, Al Varnell <alvarn...@mac.com<mailto:alvarn...@mac.com>> wrote: Cisco is the developer of Immunet, which uses ClamAV, so not really third party. -Al- ClamXAV (3rd party) user On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 01:14 AM, teo peishen wrote: So, you suggest the third party software instead of open source software? From: Al Varnell I suspect you will find the Immunet <http://www.immunet.com/index> or ClamWin <http://www.clamwin.com> versions much easier to setup and use with your setup. -Al- ClamXAV user On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 12:58 AM, teo peishen wrote: I download from here. https://www.clamav.net/downloads#otherversions The win64 version. From: Al Varnell First off, which of these versions did you download and install <http://www.clamav.net/downloads#otherversions>. And then did you look through the applicable installation documentation <http://www.clamav.net/documents/installing-clamav>. -Al- On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 11:45 PM, teo peishen wrote: I am running windows 10. I download clamav installer from your website. After running the installer, the installer create a file in my program files. About next, how to run it conf and download database and set it as service. I am totally lost and there are no information on the web. I wish someone can help me . Thanks. Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 _______________________________________________ clamav-users mailing list clamav-users@lists.clamav.net<mailto:clamav-users@lists.clamav.net> http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml _______________________________________________ clamav-users mailing list clamav-users@lists.clamav.net http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml
