Antivirus Description is incomplete

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the description of the Antivirus app is missing vital information.

Could someone add this to the description of the app?

apt-get install clamav clamav-daemon

Yes I know it is in the documentation. But it would be sooooo easy to add in the description.

Antivirus for files is an antivirus app for Nextcloud.

🕵️‍♂️ When the user uploads a file, it's checked
☢️ Uploaded and infected files will be deleted and a notification will be shown and/or sent via email
🔎 Background Job to scan all files
❓ Use ClamAV (open source), Kaspersky Scan Engine or an ICAP compatible scanner

This application inspects files that are uploaded to Nextcloud for viruses before they are written to the Nextcloud storage. If a file is identified as a virus, it is either logged or not uploaded to the server. The application relies on the underlying ClamAV virus scanning engine, which the admin points Nextcloud to when configuring the application. Alternatively, a Kaspersky Scan Engine can be configured, which has to run on a separate server. For this app to be effective, the ClamAV virus definitions should be kept up to date. Also note that enabling this app will impact system performance as additional processing is required for every upload. More information is available in the Antivirus documentation.

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Could someone add this to the description of the app?

You can do so yourself. :slight_smile:

Go to GitHub and open up the app description file then click “Edit this file” (you’ll need to be logged into GitHub).

This will generate a “pull request”, which project members can approve or suggest further changes to (then someone will merge if it deemed appropriate and ready for release).

Yes I know it is in the documentation. But it would be sooooo easy to add in the description.

Only bit of feedback I have about this enhancement: A more generic tip would be best IMO. There are multiple distributions Nextcloud gets deployed on; not all of them use apt-get.

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in Configuring the ClamAV antivirus scanner — Nextcloud 13 Administration Manual 13 documentation it says

Next, edit /etc/clamd.d/scan.conf

There is no /etc/clamd.d . Do I need to create it?

There is a /etc/clamav/clamd.conf is that the file I need to update?

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The packaging varies and changes things around time to time. It may not reflect current packaging. May need to use ClamConf or similar. See the official ClamAv Docs on Configuration.

P.S. The link you posted is for Nextcloud Server v13 (!). Make sure you’re using the correct docs version from https://docs.nextcloud.com

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