The ClamAV® Virus Scanner interface scans your cPanel account's services for malicious software. If the ClamAV® Virus Scanner identifies a potential security threat, the system prompts you to perform the appropriate action.

Scan a service

To begin a new scan of a service on your account, perform the following steps:

1. Select the service to scan.
   • Scan Mail— Scans all of your account's mail folders.
   • Scan Entire Home Directory— Scans your account's home
   • Scan Public FTP Space— Scans all of the folders that you can publicly access through FTP services.
   • Scan Public Web Space— Scans all of the folders that you can publicly access through the web.
2. Click Scan Now.