clamtk(1)

Graphical user interface (gui) for Clam AntiVirus

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Summary

clamtk is a lightweight graphical front-end for the ClamAV (Clam AntiVirus) engine, giving you an easy point-and-click way to run on-demand virus scans on Linux. Use it when you want to scan a file or folder for malware without dealing with the command line. It is purely a GUI; for scripting or terminal scans you would use clamscan instead.

Tip: clamtk has no real command-line options beyond passing it a file or directory to scan, so for automated or scripted scanning use clamscan directly, and run freshclam first to update virus signatures.

Description

clamtk

NAME

clamtk - Graphical user interface (gui) for Clam AntiVirus

SYNOPSIS

clamtk
clamtk file
clamtk directory

DESCRIPTION

clamtk is a frontend for Clam AntiVirus. It is designed to be a lightweight, easy-to-use, on-demand GUI virus scanner.

clamtk is written using Perl, Python, and the Gtk+ libraries.

OPTIONS

There are currently no commandline options except for those noted in the synopsis. There is no point in commandline options since one can use clamscan for that. However, clamtk does accept a file or directory as an argument so one can right-click on it to have the object scanned.

DIAGNOSTICS

You may have to edit freshclam.conf and clamd.conf prior to attempting signature updates. See your distribution’s documentation for more.

SEE ALSO

clamscan(1), freshclam(1), sigtool(1).

AUTHOR

clamtk was written by © Dave M <dave.nerd@gmail.com>, 2004-2020.

BUGS

For information and downloads:
Gitlab wiki page.

For bugs, requests, and questions, use one of the following sites:
Gitlab issues page.
Launchpad issues page.
Github Issues page.

See the README, DISCLAIMER, and LICENSE for more information.

Examples

clamtk

Launch the ClamTk graphical scanner window.

clamtk ~/Downloads/suspicious.zip

Open ClamTk and scan a specific file (handy from a file manager's right-click 'open with').

clamtk ~/Downloads

Open ClamTk and scan an entire directory.