This tutorial is supposed to run on Amazon Linux 2
Install EPEL
sudo amazon-linux-extras install epel
Install ClamAV
sudo yum install clamav clamd -y
Remove Example configurations
sudo sed -i -e "s/^Example/#Example/" /etc/clamd.d/scan.conf
sudo sed -i -e "s/^Example/#Example/" /etc/freshclam.conf
Update the Virus Definition Database
sudo freshclam
Open scan.cnf file for editing
sudo vi /etc/clamd.d/scan.conf
Un-comment the following line by removing #
#LocalSocket /var/run/clamd.scan/clamd.sock
Then run a VirusScan using following command
clamscan --quiet dirname/