Add-in: WHSClamAV

WHSClamAV is an implementation of the open-source ClamAV anti-virus solution, providing the first free AV service for Windows Home Server.

Developer Al West states that the add-in is in beta, as there are still a number of outstanding features of ClamAV which need to be built into the add-in.

Instructions as follows:

1. Goto http://whsclamav.sourceforge.net/ and select “Download WHSClamAV files” link in the top right of the screen. I did this on Windows IE, I’ve not tested doing this on other OSes, browsers.

2. Save the file in Your WHS Software\Add-Ins path

3. Open the WHS Console, goto Settings->Add-Ins->Available

4. Click Install then reopen the console

5. Now you should have a ClamAV Icon – maybe out of view so scroll the bar. If you don’t, please report this as a problem on the sourceforge site.

6. At this point you have only installed the add-in – you need to install ClamAV :
6a) go to Settings->ClamAV (the WHS Console Settings)
6b) set the proxy if required though it should work with a proxy if you have one set in IE
6c) Click “Download”
if it fails to download or you like your WHS not on the internet you can copy ClamWin (download from the ClamWin sourceforge site) to Software\Add-ins as “clamav.exe”
6d) Click “Install” and wait for the installer to do it’s part. I cancel the update process here in case we are running with out internet access
6e) if you need to save your proxy information then hit “Save”
6f) Close the WHS settings window
7) Now go to the ClamAV Console Tab – do an update and then scan your memory, system disk or folder shares as you please.

Note the following is not supported by ClamWin:
– On Access File Scanning

Note the following is not yet implemented:
– Scanning initiated outside of the WHS Console Add-In – i.e. scheduled tasks, RPC, etc.
– Automatic virus definition file updates
– Configuration of ClamWin options
– Log parsing for virus detections

Al asks: “I hope to have a release out in February that supports automatic updates and scheduled scans. At the moment I run the processes at ‘BelowNormal’ CPU level to not interfere with other duties the WHS might have.

At the moment I am wondering on if I should write a management service which will look after what should run and when or to use the built in Task Scheduler in Windows. Once I’ve decided I hope to be able to crack on with it.”

If you’d like to get in touch with Al, check out the thread at WGS Forums.

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