I have a query. I tried enabling clamav-daemon service on my home desktop computer by typing
sudo systemctl enable clamav-daemon.service
After this I see the memory used as soon as I login (without any other apps running in foreground) it has become 1.5 GB. Prior to this it was around 400 MB. Screenshots pasted. I wanted to know if I can remove this service from start up and manually update the virus signatures by running running freshclam. If this can be done, how do I remove the service from system? thanks in advance.
$ sudo systemctl status clamav-daemon
[sudo] password for ganeshp:
● clamav-daemon.service - Clam AntiVirus userspace daemon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/clamav-daemon.service; enabled; ve>
Active: active (running) since Tue 2021-06-15 15:46:04 IST; 10min ago
TriggeredBy: ● clamav-daemon.socket
Docs: man:clamd(8)
man:clamd.conf(5) https://www.clamav.net/documents/
Main PID: 464 (clamd)
Tasks: 2 (limit: 9294)
Memory: 1.2G
CPU: 15.972s
CGroup: /system.slice/clamav-daemon.service
└─464 /usr/sbin/clamd --foreground=true
Jun 15 15:46:21 anuganeshdesktop-a34024iwl clamd[464]: Tue Jun 15 15:46:21 2021>
Jun 15 15:46:21 anuganeshdesktop-a34024iwl clamd[464]: Tue Jun 15 15:46:21 2021>
Jun 15 15:46:21 anuganeshdesktop-a34024iwl clamd[464]: Tue Jun 15 15:46:21 2021>
Jun 15 15:46:21 anuganeshdesktop-a34024iwl clamd[464]: Tue Jun 15 15:46:21 2021>
Jun 15 15:46:21 anuganeshdesktop-a34024iwl clamd[464]: Tue Jun 15 15:46:21 2021>
Btw… why you are running a virus scanner for windows viruses on linux? This scanner is mainly used on linux mail server to protect windows computers from malware. If you run wine and install various windows software from suspicious sites, yeah, then I can understand that…
I tried the command as suggested by you and here is the output.
Removed /etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/clamav-daemon.socket.
Removed /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/clamav-daemon.service.
Warning: Stopping clamav-daemon.service, but it can still be activated by:
clamav-daemon.socket
Jun 15 16:07:12 anuganeshdesktop-a34024iwl clamd[473]: Tue Jun 15 16:07:12 2021>
Jun 15 16:07:12 anuganeshdesktop-a34024iwl clamd[473]: Tue Jun 15 16:07:12 2021>
Jun 15 16:17:12 anuganeshdesktop-a34024iwl clamd[473]: Tue Jun 15 16:17:12 2021>
Jun 15 16:22:41 anuganeshdesktop-a34024iwl systemd[1]: /usr/lib/systemd/system/>
Jun 15 16:22:41 anuganeshdesktop-a34024iwl systemd[1]: Stopping Clam AntiVirus >
Jun 15 16:22:43 anuganeshdesktop-a34024iwl clamd[473]: Tue Jun 15 16:22:43 2021>
Jun 15 16:22:43 anuganeshdesktop-a34024iwl clamd[473]: Tue Jun 15 16:22:43 2021>
Jun 15 16:22:43 anuganeshdesktop-a34024iwl systemd[1]: clamav-daemon.service:
shall I also disable clamav-daemon.socket in similar lines?
Since I have Manjaro and Windows 10 dual boot on my two home desktops, I chose to keep clamav on my computer. If it continues to be a resource hog, I will be happy to uninstall it. thank you.
