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I have just installed ClamAV on a Pi4 running Buster. I have looked at the configuration file and don't see where it specifies which file system it will scan automatically. I know if I use this sudo clamscan /home or sudo clamscan / it will scan the "home" directory or "whole file system", respectively. But what is the default for the regular, automatic scans?

Thanks...RDK

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clamscan scans nothing by default. You need to pass/configure a specific path to scan it. After finished, it exits immediately.

clamd is its service counterpart: when running, it listen on a socket for incoming data to scan. Such data must be feed by an external program as a mailserver or an anti-spam service. Again, it scan nothing by default.

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  • OK, do I have to define the socket/"feeder" program? How and where? It is going to be on an e-mail server which also has a resident webserver – RDK Feb 18 '22 at 18:14