{"id":328,"date":"2016-06-22T14:08:32","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T14:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/?p=328"},"modified":"2016-06-22T14:08:32","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T14:08:32","slug":"virus-scanning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/virus-scanning\/","title":{"rendered":"Virus Scanning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/virus-scan-icon-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-330 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/virus-scan-icon-1.jpg\" width=\"402\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/virus-scan-icon-1.jpg 402w, https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/virus-scan-icon-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/virus-scan-icon-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In this article, we will discuss how to use the virus scanner in cPanel to scan your entire cPanel account files for\u00a0viruses, malicious codes, trojan horse\u00a0and other types of\u00a0malware with the use of the inbuilt Virus Scanning option.\u00a0\u00a0You can scan e-mail messages, files in public web and FTP directories or your entire account.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Running a Virus Scan<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Log into your cPanel account.<\/li>\n<li>Click on the <strong>Virus Scanning<\/strong> feature which is under the <em>Advanced<\/em> section.<a href=\"http:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Screenshot-69.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-334\" src=\"http:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Screenshot-69.png\" alt=\"Screenshot (69)\" width=\"511\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Screenshot-69.png 511w, https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Screenshot-69-300x112.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Under <strong>Start a New Scan,\u00a0<\/strong>select the directory you wish to scan.<a href=\"http:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Screenshot-71.png\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scan mail: this will\u00a0scan the mail directory in your cPanel account for viruses in incoming and outgoing e-mail messages.<\/li>\n<li>Scan Entire Home Directory: this will scan all the files and directories in your account.<\/li>\n<li>Scan Public Web Space: this will scan the public_html directory in your account.<\/li>\n<li>Scan Public FTP Space: this will scan all the files you can publicly access through the web.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Scan Now<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0If the Virus Scanner identifies a potential security threat, the system prompts you to select\u00a0the appropriate action.<a href=\"http:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Spamvirus.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-337\" src=\"http:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Spamvirus.gif\" alt=\"Spamvirus\" width=\"738\" height=\"283\" \/><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Quarantine: the virus scanner moves the infected files to the quarantine directory which is located at\u00a0\/home\/username\/quarantine_clamavconnector.<\/li>\n<li>Destroy: the virus scanner deletes the infected files.<\/li>\n<li>Ignore: the virus scanner leaves the infected files untouched.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>After selecting the action to be taken on the infected files, click <strong>Process Cleanup\u00a0<\/strong>. The virus scan process is completed.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; In this article, we will discuss how to use the virus scanner in cPanel to scan your entire cPanel account files for\u00a0viruses, malicious codes, trojan horse\u00a0and other types of\u00a0malware with the use of the inbuilt Virus Scanning option.\u00a0\u00a0You can scan e-mail messages, files in public web and FTP directories or your entire account. &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cpanel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":338,"href":"https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328\/revisions\/338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}