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Detect malware on linux.

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Detect malware on linux.

Postby tanmay.01 » Thu Apr 18, 2013 11:18 am

If you are running a mission-critical web server, or managing shared hosting environments on Linux, chances are that you constantly watch out for potential threats from Linux malware such as viruses, trojans, rootkits and worms. While staying up-to-date with the latest server hardening guides is a must to prevent any future attack, you may wish to add malware detection tools to your arsenal for extra security.

Linux Malware Detect (LMD) is a freeware malware scanning tool for Linux. In this guide, I will show you how to install and configure LMD to scan for malware on your Linux system.

In order to install LMD on Linux, run the following,
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wget http://www.rfxn.com/downloads/maldetect-current.tar.gz
tar xvfvz maldetect-current.tar.gz
cd maldetect-1.4.2
sudo ./install.sh


Linux Malware Detect v1.4.1
(C) 2002-2013, R-fx Networks <[email protected]>
(C) 2013, Ryan MacDonald <[email protected]>
inotifywait (C) 2007, Rohan McGovern <[email protected]>
This program may be freely redistributed under the terms of the GNU GPL

installation completed to /usr/local/maldetect
config file: /usr/local/maldetect/conf.maldet
exec file: /usr/local/maldetect/maldet
exec link: /usr/local/sbin/maldet
exec link: /usr/local/sbin/lmd
cron.daily: /etc/cron.daily/maldet

maldet(6001): {sigup} performing signature update check...
maldet(6001): {sigup} local signature set is version 201205035915
maldet(6001): {sigup} new signature set (2013041816820) available
maldet(6001): {sigup} downloaded http://www.rfxn.com/downloads/md5.dat
maldet(6001): {sigup} downloaded http://www.rfxn.com/downloads/hex.dat
maldet(6001): {sigup} downloaded http://www.rfxn.com/downloads/rfxn.ndb
maldet(6001): {sigup} downloaded http://www.rfxn.com/downloads/rfxn.hdb
maldet(6001): {sigup} downloaded http://www.rfxn.com/downloads/maldet-clean.tgz
maldet(6001): {sigup} signature set update completed
maldet(6001): {sigup} 11203 signatures (9335 MD5 / 1868 HEX)


After installation, daily cron job is added in /etc/cron.daily/maldet, which checks for the latest version of LMD and malware definition/signature files, and update them automatically. If inotify-based real time monitoring is enabled, the daily cron job also scans the recently updated/created files for malware.

To initiate malware scanning manually, run maldet with a target folder to scan.

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sudo maldet --scan-all /home


After scanning, you can examine malware scan report by running the following command with the scan report ID (which your terminal displays).

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sudo maldet --report 041813-2044.6125


To quarantine the infected files, run the following command with the scan report ID. The infected files will then be quarantined for cleaning.

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sudo maldet -q 041813-2044.6125


If you want to actively monitor specific directories for malware infection, you can run maldet as a daemon as follows.

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sudo maldet -m /var,/home


If you want to have maldet alert you on detected malware by email, you can modify maldet configuration as follows.

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sudo vi /usr/local/maldetect/conf.maldet


email_alert=1
email_subj="Malware detected by maldet"
email_addr="[email protected]"
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Re: Detect malware on linux.

Postby Randymanme » Thu Apr 18, 2013 7:58 pm

Thanks for this tutorial. Will this work okay on a personal computer?
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Re: Detect malware on linux.

Postby tanmay.01 » Thu Apr 18, 2013 11:24 pm

Yes this will work as Linux os are scaleable. Meaning with some server softwares youccould make your personal computer into a server.
And Linux does not have viruses but it can have malwares.
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• 1GB Radeon(TheeMahn) HD 7750M GDDR5 Graphics [HDMI]
• 6GB 1600DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
• 750GB 7200 rpm Hard Drive
• Intel 2x2 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN + Bluetooth(R)
• Full-size Radiance backlit keyboard.

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