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I have both Ubuntu and Windows on my computer and when I do a full system scan, it scans Windows files too (and first). Is there a way to scan all the files only on Ubuntu?

Maythux
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BigHippo
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    have you tried clamscan -r /home or clamscan -r /? – Ron May 21 '15 at 09:59
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    @ron Windows is probably mounted in /media/ or /mnt/. Umounting the windows disk would be my 1st option though – Rinzwind May 21 '15 at 10:05
  • @Rinzwind yes, first I thought that. Then thought this will be a bit easier to scan only Ubuntu – Ron May 21 '15 at 10:38

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Easily you have to exclude the windows partition

clamscan -rv --exclude=/path-to-mounting-point-of-windows-files

Or just unmount the windows disk

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Determine the windows disk/partition

sudo fdisk -l | grep NTFS

for example you'll get result such as 

/dev/sdc1   *        2048  1953521663   976759808    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

Thus the disk/partition for windows is /dev/sdc1.

Now you should determine what is the mounting point of this partition

mount | grep /dev/sdc1

The output would be like

/dev/sdc1 on /media/Windows type ext4 (rw)

Then the mounting point is /media/Windows

Now you can run the command again

clamscan -rv --exclude=/media/Windows
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  • Thanks, I found the Windows folder and it worked, but I tried unmounting the Windows disk too and the second command wouldn't work. – BigHippo May 25 '15 at 21:01
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There is a GUI front end for clam av called clamtk. Here is how to install:

Terminal:

wget https://bitbucket.org/dave_theunsub/clamtk/downloads/clamtk_5.18-1_all.deb
sudo dpkg -clamtk_5.18-1_all.deb

After that search for clamtk in the dash.

GUI

start up the Ubuntu Software centre, search for clamtk, and select which version you want to install:

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HOWTO:

Double click on Whitelist and select where the Windows partition is mounted, and it will not scan that. Me personally, I white listed the /mnt/ and /media/ folder.

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If you want to scan them you can do so manually. Double click Scan a directory, and select your partition or other drives.

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