Antivirus plugins

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An administrator can enable and configure virus scanners for use on uploaded files via Site administration > Plugins > Antivirus plugins > Manage antivirus plugins.

ClamAV antivirus is available as a standard plugin. It's likely that more antivirus plugins will be available in future from the Moodle plugins directory.

ClamAV antivirus

To make use of ClamAV antivirus, ClamAV® should be installed on your server. See http://www.clamav.net for more information.

See also

• RHEL/CentOS and SELinux: https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=316066
• RHEL/CentOS and PrivateTmp: https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=364706
• Improve performance by using ClamDScan https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=382731