cPanel virus scan

Introduction

This article explains how to scan files on a hosting account

Requirement

• a cPanel account

Steps

• after logging into the cPanel control panel, in the interface that will be displayed, look for the "ADVANCED" section, and there click on "Virus Scanner"

• in the page that will be displayed, there are four options:

1. Mail scan - will scan all emails in the account
2. Full home directory scan - will scan your entire hosting account
3. Scan public web space - will scan the public_html directory where the website files are located
4. Scan public FTP space - will scan the public_ftp directory where the created FTP accounts are located

• the next window will show the progress of the scan as well as statistics related to it

• after the scan is completed, in the window that will be displayed, quarantine, deletion and ignoring actions can be applied to the files identified as problematic

• after selecting the desired action pressed the button

Note:

1. The antivirus used is ClamAV
2. Antivirus may detect completely harmless files as malicious (false positives)
3. It is also possible that the antivirus does not detect certain malicious files