Guidance on usage: Clam AntiVirus on CarpaOS™ 3.22

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Configuration and connection to Clam AntiVirus on CarpaOS 3.22

Connecting and using the server

To start the server, run the VM through the Azure Portal.

  1. For the connection to the server, you should know the IP address of the VM. You can find it in Azure’s account. You need to select the virtual machine from the list. By clicking the “Overview” item, your IP is displayed in the “Public IP Address” line.
  1. To manage with a server, you should connect to a VM.
    • With OpenSSH

In the Windows 10 operating system (starting with version 1809 ), an OpenSSH client is available, with which you can connect to Linux servers via SSH. If Windows 10 is suitable and the OpenSSH client is installed, you can start connecting via SSH. To do this, launch a normal Windows command prompt and enter the command “ssh user@*vm_ip*” (1), where “user” is the username that was specified while creating the virtual machine and “*vm_ip*” is the VM IP address.

Then, type “Yes” (2) and enter the password (3) you specified when creating the virtual machine.

  • With the PuTTY application 

To do this, you need the PuTTY application to connect via SSH. You can download it at the following link – Download

Run Putty, enter the VM address in the “Host” field (1), and click “Open” (2) to connect.

In the opened console, you’ll need to enter a username (1) and a password (2) that were specified when the VM was created (you’ll not see the password in the console while entering it). 

  1. To view the full list of commands, type >clamscan –help
  1. To check and update the virus signature database type >sudo freshclam
  1. Examples of checks:

Scan a file – >sudo clamscan file_name

Scan the current folder with subfolders- >sudo clamscan -r .

Learn more – Usage – ClamAV Documentation