{"id":2200,"date":"2021-09-23T09:41:34","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T09:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/?p=2200"},"modified":"2021-09-23T09:41:34","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T09:41:34","slug":"how-to-scan-ftp-uploaded-files-on-cpanel-servers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/how-to-scan-ftp-uploaded-files-on-cpanel-servers\/","title":{"rendered":"How to scan FTP uploaded files on cPanel Servers"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article will assist you to scan virus uploaded via FTP to create certain all files are virus free:<\/p>\n

First let\u2019s install ClamAV, it’s been now been enclosed in Cpanel\/WHM. Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) may be a free and open-source, cross-platform antivirus software tool-kit able to observe many type of malicious software , as well as viruses. One among its main uses is on mail servers as a server-side email virus scanner.<\/p>\n

As root You can also install it from your WHM interface, for these follow as given below:<\/p>\n

Step 1:<\/strong>\u00a0Click on\u00a0\u2018cPanel\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in \u2018WHM\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"clamAV-1\"<\/p>\n

Step 2:<\/strong>\u00a0Click on \u2018Manage Plugins\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"clamAV-2\"<\/p>\n

Step 3:<\/strong>\u00a0Now Click on\u00a0\u2018clamavconnector\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"clamAV-3\"<\/p>\n

Check the \u201cInstall and Keep Updated<\/strong>\u201d and then click at the bottom of the page to save.<\/p>\n

After the successful installation edit the file\u00a0\/etc\/pure-ftpd.conf<\/strong>\u00a0and change this line to\u00a0CallUploadScript yes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Next create file \/etc\/pure-ftpd\/clamav_check.sh with this content:<\/strong><\/p>\n

#!\/bin\/bash\r\n#Maximum file size to scan in bytes that's set to 10MB\r\nMAXSIZE=10485760\r\nif [ \"$UPLOAD_SIZE\" -le \"$MAXSIZE\" ]; then\r\n\/usr\/bin\/clamdscan --remove --quiet --no-summary \"$1\"\r\nfi<\/pre>\n
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Change its permissions and make it executable:<\/strong><\/p>\n
 chmod 755 \/etc\/pure-ftpd\/clamav_check.sh<\/pre>\n
Now we should start the pure-uploadscript daemon every time to call our script when a file is uploaded<\/strong><\/p>\n
 \/usr\/sbin\/pure-uploadscript -B -r \/etc\/pure-ftpd\/clamav_check.sh<\/pre>\n
And to let it start with your server\/vps reboots just run this :<\/strong><\/p>\n
echo \u201c\/usr\/sbin\/pure-uploadscript -B -r \/etc\/pure-ftpd\/clamav_check.sh\u201d >> \/etc\/rc.d\/rc.local<\/pre>\n
Now restart pure-ftpd:<\/strong><\/p>\n
service pure-ftpd restart<\/pre>\n
Now all your uploaded files which are less than 10MB in size will be scanned, adjust this size limit per your needs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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