Clam anti virus update

Press ESC to close. If you think we have helped you or just want to support us, please consider these :- Connect to us: Facebook Twitter Become a Supporter - Donate us some of you hard earned money: [paypal-donation] Linux TechLab is thankful for your continued support. Share Article:. Shusain on January 20, Frederick on September 25, Jack on January 5, Shusain on January 8, Try following, sudo apt-get install clamav clamav-daemon clamav-freshclam.

Patrick on February 10, Using the antivirus ClamAV on Ubuntu So an ordinary user will see that it is simply an antivirus, but it is nothing more than a graphical interface. It is naive to think that Linux is invulnerable to viruses and malware in general. Every day Linux distributions like Ubuntu add more and more users which makes malware creators more interested in attacking Linux.

So, Ubuntu is pretty safe because of the way it is created. For example, the system itself prevents malicious access. Furthermore, in Ubuntu, they are usually installed by repositories and that is another security filter.

On the contrary, we can get to have stored viruses among our office files from Windows. The latest version of Clamwin Free Antivirus is 0. How You Can Help. ClamWin Free Antivirus is a free software project. How can you help: Submit undetected virus and spyware samples. Test the latest release, find and submit bugs and feature requests. Improve the documentation. Link to clamwin. Project on SF.