clamscan -r /var/www > /root/scanresults.txt

cat /root/scanresults.txt | mail -s ” Scan Results” hello@example.com

cat /root/scanresults.txt | grep FOUND | mail -s “Viruses Found” hello@example.com

So what does this do?

well, it scans the web directories (recursively) for any viruses that are listed in the virus DB (updated twice daily) – it then puts all the results into a text file. this text file is then read into an email command which is sent to the hello@example.com email address.

However, this isn’t much use as there are thousands of files and directories, what I really want to know is whether viruses were found… the solution to this is GREP out the value “FOUND” which is appended to the file name if a virus is found to be in it – this is then read into the same email command as before leaving me a nice list of only the files found with viruses!

I love a nice quick and easy script – I used cron tab to run this at 00:05 and 12:05 every day!

Linux Virus Scan – Daily Email Script