Questions tagged [clamtk]

ClamTk is a third-party application which provides a Graphical User Interface for the command-line Anti-Virus program ClamAV.

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If I have clamav do I need to install rootkit hunter

So I have clamav the antivirus but is that a protection against rootkits or do I need to install rootkit hunter as well with clamav?
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ClamTk not showing scan results and history

Whenever I use ClamTk to scan folders, it won't show list of infected files after scanning is completed. What it shows is just a total number of scanned files and number of infected files. How can I see which files are infected in ClamTk? I also…
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ClamAV no longer in the Software Center?

I have two questions. I found ClamTK in the Software Center. Is this just a GUI for ClamAV or is ClamAV included? Secondly, there are many websites that say ClamAV can be downloaded from the Software Center. Example:…
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What should I do after a ClamAV Scan found 2 virus-infected files on my computer?

I ran a virus scan on my computer using ClamAV. ClamAV has found two virus-infected files. Should I use the Quarantine Option on ClamTK? What should I do in order to remove the viruses? 5 or so viruses have been found on these 2 infected files. The…
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Why Clamtk is not scanning anything?

I am new to Ubuntu had installed ClamTK antivirus using command: sudo apt-get install clamav clamtk and i am unable to scan anything. Whenever i try to scan it completes within 1 second and I get this: which shows 0 files scanned,but i selected a…
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Is necessary to use ClamTK with ClamAV?

Do I need to install Clam TK when using Clam AV? Clam TK will not install. Will Clam AV run automatically in the background?
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ClamTK Anti Virus will not run on Ubuntu 15.10

I have a laptop running Ubuntu 15.10. To protect myself, I have tried downloading and installing ClamTK. It does this without giving any error messages but it doesn't open. I tried on a second Ubuntu 15.10 laptop and it wouldn't install either. Can…
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Can’t open /var/../freshclam.log error when updating ClamAV's virus database

I get this when I want to update virus data: ERROR: Can’t open /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log in append mode (check permissions!). ERROR: Problem with internal logger (UpdateLogFile = /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log). ERROR: initialize: libfreshclam…
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How to offline update ClamAV database?

I did download ClamAv datebase and I want to offline update the signature database, as far as I surfed I could not find a solution and also in ClamTK, ClamAVs GUI there is no option for the offline update, I am using the latest update of…
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Scheduled scan by ClamAv found viruses but did not quarantine them automatically

I have scheduled system scan at daily interval using ClamTk. It found some viruses but taken no action e.g., quarantine or delete. Is it possible that the antivirus quarantine them automatically? How to apply the setting to automatically…
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Clamtk reports these LibreOffice files as possible threats. Are they safe?

/usr/share/doc/libusb-1.0-doc/html/jquery.js PUA.Html.Exploit.CVE_2014_0322-1 /usr/lib/libreoffice/presets/basic/Standard/Module1.xba PUA.Doc.Tool.LibreOfficeMacro-2 …
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How many Antiviral definitions exist in 2017 for the linux antivirus Clamav?

How many virus signatures should the clamav engine have, you know some web page where it can be consulted, you can add more antiviral signatures, I find very few of them?.
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ClamTK not working

I think I have this same issue. Lately, I noticed I get malware, that redirects me to fake websites while I browse. I installed clamtk and clamav, and it worked. But I recently updated eveything: the GUI seems nicer and there are more feature, but…
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Clam scan files on 14.04

After running clam it found four files called win.trojan.Xored-1 What are they? They were in Chrome cache.
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Should root directory be scanned for viruses?

I am a new Linux user, currently on Ubuntu 20.04. I would like to know should I include root directory when I scan my system with ClamTK antivirus? Or maybe scan the root directory with a different tool? Thanks!
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