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upgrade clamav on cpanel( WARNING: ClamAV …. is OUTDATED )

First, download the latest version from Sourceforge:

Code:
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/clamav/clamav-0.95.1.tar.gz

Extract it and move into that directory:

Code:
tar -xzf clamav-*
cd clamav*

Compile:

Code:
./configure –prefix=/usr
make
make install

Comment out examples in the config files:

Code:
replace “Example” “#Example” — /usr/etc/freshclam.conf
replace “Example” “#Example” — /usr/etc/clamd.conf

Get the new virus definitions:

Code:
freshclam

Then just make sure you have the latest version of the ClamAV scanner if you’re using it (this can [...]