maldet

How to install and use Malware Linux Detect (Maldet)

How to install Maldet

cd /usr/local/src/
wget http://www.rfxn.com/downloads/maldetect-current.tar.gz
tar -xzf maldetect-current.tar.gz
cd maldetect-*
sh ./install.sh or sudo sh ./install.sh 

Now enable email_alert and add your email address to email_addr /usr/local/maldetect/conf.maldet

vi /usr/local/maldetect/conf.maldet 
#change to the following:
email_alert=1
email_addr="[email protected]"

How to update maldet

maldet --update-ver
maldet --update

How to manually scan with maldet:

maldet -a /home

Or:

maldet /home?/?/domains/?/public_html

Or in background:

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