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Scan your CWP account for viruses

This KB article is for CentOS Web Panel for shared hosting (end-users).

CWP offers the option to scan your account’s files for viruses. The option is available right from the CWP dashboard.

cwp antivirus scan

To scan your files for viruses:

  1. Log in to your CWP user account
  2. On the dashboard look for the Antivirus Scan section
  3. Choose the Scan and log only FOUND option and click the Antivirus Scan button
  4. Wait for a few minutes.
  5. Go back to dashboard -> Antivirus Scan section
  6. Choose the Get Last Scan Results option and click the Antivirus Scan button
  7. If there are any viruses you will see a list of the infected files, like:
/home/demo/public_html/virus test.php: Eicar-Test-Signature FOUND

The video tutorial for this KB article:

CWP Scan account for viruses

You can read more/download the EICAR test file on http://2016.eicar.org/86-0-Intended-use.html

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