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module

Disable ClamAV

Disclosed
N/A
Created
Feb 24, 2023

Description

This module will write to the ClamAV Unix socket to shutoff ClamAV.

Author

DLL_Cool_J

Platform

Linux

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


msf > use post/linux/manage/disable_clamav
msf post(disable_clamav) > show actions
...actions...
msf post(disable_clamav) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf post(disable_clamav) > show options
...show and set options...
msf post(disable_clamav) > run

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