Background

At a certain point in my life, I dealt a bit with helping friends remove viruses from their computers.

 

Lab Environment

I have a couple of Linux boxes in our lab environment.

Every few weeks I tinker with them a bit.

I am running Clavam as my baseline desktop AV tool.

 

Comodo

Let us see how easy it is to install Comodo AV on a CentOS System.

 

Outline

1. Artifacts
   • Identify Source
   • Identify Artifact
   • Download Artifact
   • Install Artifact

Artifacts

Identify Source

Comodo AV is available @ https://www.comodo.com/home/internet-security/antivirus-for-linux.php. ( Link )

Identify Artifact

The specific artifact one will need is based on targeted OS.

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Textual

1. OS
   • Ubuntu
   • Debian
   • Mint
   • Redhat Enterprise Linux Server
   • Fedora
   • CentOS
   • SUSS Linux Enterprise Server
   • OpenSUSE

Download Artifact

My OS is CentOS.

 

Install Artifact

Syntax

sudo rpm -i [binary]

Sample

sudo rpm -i cav-linux_x64.rpm

Output

Textual

>sudo rpm -i cav-linux_x64.rpm
[sudo] password for dadeniji:
The cmdagent started successfully!
The cmgdaemon started successfully!

Installation succeed, but it must be properly configured before using.
Please run /opt/COMODO/post_setup.sh script manually to configure it.

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Summary

Installation of Comodo AV on our CentOS Linux box went well.

Unfortunately, configuration not so well.

Will address in a subsequent post.