title: Virus Scanner created at: Thu Oct 24 2024 11:56:47 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) updated at: Sat Feb 08 2025 14:22:17 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) --- # Virus Scanner # Overview The *Virus Scanner* interface scans your cPanel account for security threats. If ClamAV Virus Scanner identifies a security threat, the system prompts you to act. > \[!WARNING] > Important > Hosting providers **must** install the following services for this interface to appear: > The *ClamAV Scanner* plugin in WHM’s [*Manage Plugins*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/cpanel/manage-plugins) interface (*WHM » Home » cPanel » Manage Plugins*). > The *Exim Mail Server* service on the server in WHM’s [*Service Manager*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/service-configuration/service-manager) interface (*WHM » Home » Service Configuration » Service Manager*). # Scan a service To begin a scan on your account, perform the following steps: 1. Select the service to scan. * *Scan Mail* — This setting scans all of your account’s mail folders. * *Scan Entire Home Directory* — This setting scans your account’s home directory. * *Scan Public FTP Space* — This setting scans all of the folders that you can publicly access through FTP services. * *Scan Public Web Space* — This setting scans all of the folders that you can publicly access through the web. 2. Click *Scan Now*. During the scan, a new interface will appear with the following information: * *File* — This displays the number of files that the system has scanned. It also displays the total number of files to scan. * *Data* — This displays the amount of data that the system has scanned. It also displays the total amount of data to scan. * *Scanner Progress* — This displays the scan’s progress. * *Infected Files* — This lists files in which the scan detects malicious software. The system may require several minutes to complete the scan. After the system completes the scan, it will return you to the *Virus Scanner* interface.