I've decided to use ClamTk on my Ubuntu, the problem is that it just simply wont update the antivirus engine and the GUI version from the software itself.
What is the command that I could use in the terminal for the upgrade?
(By the way, does anyone know if ClamTK is a decent antivirus software? It is listed as NÂș1 on the internet.)
Is there a difference between ClamAV and ClamTk?
Best Answer
ClamTK is the graphical interface for ClamAV, you cannot use ClamTk without having ClamAV installed previously.
Once installed ClamAV will run in the background as a daemon and you can use the ClamTk interface in Linux to interact with it.
The ClamAV database is automatically updated via the running
clamav-freshclam
daemon started by the/etc/init.d/clamav-freshclam
init script, there is no actual need to update it manually.It is controlled by the
/etc/clamav/freshclam.conf
with a default configuration of checking for a new database every 1 hourTo force update the ClamAV virus database in the terminal you can use the command
ClamAV is definitely a good anti virus software, for a list and more information about anti virus for Ubuntu please have a look at any of the following posts
Do I need to have 'antivirus software' installed?
What antivirus programs are available?