Run a virus scan
To run a virus scan:
- In the Advanced section of the cPanel home screen, click Virus Scanner.
- Under Start a New Scan, select which directory you want to scan:
- Scan Mail: This option scans the mail directory in your account.
- Scan Entire Home Directory: This option scans all of the files in your account.
- Scan Public Web Space: This option scans the public_html directory in your account.
- Scan Public FTP Space: This option scans the public_ftp directory in your account.
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Click .
If there are a lot of files in the directory, the scan may take some time to complete.
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If the virus scan finds any infected files, you can specify what to do with the files:
- Disinfect: When this option is selected, ClamAV removes harmful content from the file.
- Quarantine: When this option is selected, ClamAV moves the file to a quarantine directory in your home directory.
- Destroy: When this option is selected, ClamAV deletes the infected file.
- Ignore: When this option is selected, ClamAV leaves the infected file unchanged.
To complete the virus scan process, click .
More Information
For more information about ClamAV, please visit http://www.clamav.net.
