Install Maldet on cPanel / CentOS
Maldet is a malware scanner for Linux. It is released under the GNU GPLv2 license. The installation of Maldet is very simple. This post will explain how to install Maldet on CentOS and cPanel server.
cd /usr/local/src/ wget http://www.rfxn.com/downloads/maldetect-current.tar.gz tar -xzf maldetect-current.tar.gz cd maldetect-* sh ./install.sh
If you have a cPanel server and ClamAV installed on it, the maldet will use the ClamAV scan engine. The ClamAV installation instructions are described Button
Once you have installed the Maldet on your server, it will automatically enable a cronjob inside /etc/cron.daily/maldet, so a daily scan will be run on your server. Also, you can set up the email alert by editing the maldet configuration file /usr/local/maldetect/conf.maldet. Change the directive email_alert to 1 and give the desired email ID in the directive email_addr. You will get notified only once any infected files found on your server.
The syntax and basic maldet commands are given below:
Syntax:
maldet [options] Path
Usage:
1. To scan all files in the path
maldet -a <Path to the directory>
e.g: maldet -a /home/?/public_html
2. To update malware detection signatures from rfxn.com
maldet -u
3. To update the installed version from rfxn.com
maldet -d
4. To Quarantine all malware from report SCANID
maldet -q SCANID
5. To launch a background scan for all user’s public_html and public_ftp in all home directories
maldet -b --scan-all /home?/?/public_?
6. To list all scan reports time and SCANID:
maldet --report list
7. To Show a specific report details:
maldet --report SCANID
That’s it!
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