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Website security is one of the most important issues that should be paid special attention to. Websites are usually always at risk and may be infected by malicious files or malware. Using the file scanning feature is one of the most important features users can have for their website. Fortunately, this feature is available in C Panel, and users can easily scan their site using antivirus to have virus detection. This article from the Fa-host knowledge base intends to teach you how to use the virus scanner feature to detect viruses in the C-panel. With the help of this C Panel feature, you can scan the files contained in the email, Pubic Web directory, FTP directory, and even your entire account.

The need to activate virus detection in C Panel

Using the virus detection feature in C Panel, you can detect viruses, trojans, malware, and other similar threats and take action to eliminate them. This uses strong and reliable antivirus resources that can greatly ease your mind about security threats. Antivirus is a virus-scanning interface used to scan files in C-Panel. We will teach you how to activate the virus scanner feature in the following.

How to set up the ability to scan files in C Panel?

The hosting company must install antivirus. But before installing it, they must provide some prerequisites. These prerequisites include:

1. Activate the scanner and antivirus plugin in the plugin management interface in WHM
2. Activate the Exim Mail Server service on the server via the WHM service management interface

If the hosting company complies with the above and installs an antivirus, You can easily use the ability to scan files in C Panel. To set up virus detection capability in C Panel, you must go through the following steps one by one:

1. You must first log in to your C-Bridge account by entering your username and password for your control panel.
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2. Then select “Virus Scanner” under the “Advanced” menu.
   
3. On the displayed page, you have the option to specify the part that you want to be scanned by the antivirus. The options before you are:
   • Scan Mail: By selecting this option, you specify that all folders in the email section of your account be scanned.
   • Scan Entire Home Directory: If you want to scan the entire Home Panel directory, you must select this option.
   • Scan Public Web Space: This option should be selected when you want to virus scan all the folders you can access through the FTP service.
   • Scan Public FTP Space: By selecting this option, you can scan all the folders you can access via the web using antivirus.
4. After selecting your desired option, click on the “Scan Now” button.
   
5. You can see the following information on the C Panel virus scan page:
   • File: In this section, the number of scanned files in the system is displayed. You can also see the total number of scanned files in the second box of this section.
   • Data: This section displays the amount of information scanned by the antivirus. The total volume of scanned data is also displayed in the second box.
   • Scanner Progress: You can see the progress of the virus scanning process in the C Panel in this section.
   • Infected Files: Files that have problems during the virus scanning process are displayed in this section. It may take a few minutes for the system to scan completely. After a full scan of your system, you will return to the previous page.

   

Maintaining the site’s security is one of the issues that should always be considered. C Panel has a virus scanner feature that you can use to detect and fix malware, infected files, trojans, and many more. In this article from Fa-Host Knowledge Base, we have tried to teach you about the importance of virus detection in your admin panel and how to scan it using ClamAV Antivirus.