[TUTORIAL] Enabling Avast Core Security - need syntax

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From the PMG Administration Guide

Those settings are saved to subsection admin in /etc/pmg/pmg.conf,
using the following configuration keys:
avast: (default = 0) Use Avast Virus Scanner (/bin/scan). You need to buy and install Avast Core Security before you can enable this feature​

I have installed a 30-day trial of Avast Core Security by following these instructions:

Debian/Ubuntu

1. Add the Avast repository to the system repositories
# echo "deb http://deb.avast.com/lin/repo debian release" \ >>
/etc/apt/sources.list
# apt key add /path/to/avast.gpg
# apt-get update

2. Install the Avast package and optionally the avast-fss and avast-proxy packages.
# apt-get install avast
# apt-get install avast-fss
# apt-get install avast-proxy

Activation

Copy the attached license file named license.avastlic. into the "/etc/avast" directory to activate the product.

# cp /path/to/license.avastlic /etc/avast​

How do I tell PMG I want to use the Avast Scanner in addition to ClamAV?

Here is my current pmg.conf file:

root@mail2:/etc/pmg# cat ./pmg.conf
section: admin
email ****@******.***

section: mail
dnsbl_sites b.barracudacentral.org,zen.spamhaus.org
int_port 26
maxsize 51485760
tls 1
tlsheader 1
tlslog 1

section: spam
clamav_heuristic_score 5

section: spamquar
lifetime 14

section: virusquar
lifetime 14
​

 

[Jeremy Stollings]

We have a support contract for ProxMox VE and Mail Gateway 5.0, we have the same request.

 

[dcsapak]

you have to add 'avast: 1' to the admin section

 

[dietmar]

Or simply:

# pmgsh set /config/admin --avast 1

 

[karnz]

Or simply:

# pmgsh set /config/admin --avast 1

I used this command then it added "avast 1" to admin section. Is it the same as "avast: 1"?
And how to know avast is working with PMG because I can see only ClamAV found a virus in the log.

 

[dietmar]

I used this command then it added "avast 1" to admin section. Is it the same as "avast: 1"?

no.

And how to know avast is working with PMG because I can see only ClamAV found a virus in the log.

Send an eicar test file.

 

[karnz]

OK. It works now.
Must be "avast 1" without a colon.
Thanks.

 

[DerDanilo]

Does this still work with PMG V6?

 

[MartinH]

Does this still work with PMG V6?

Yes it works, but you must use another repository.

wget https://files.avast.com/files/resellers/linux/avast.gpg
echo "deb http://deb.avast.com/lin/repo debian-buster release" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
apt-key add avast.gpg
apt-get update
apt-get install avast
cp license.avastlic /etc/avast/
service avast start
pmgsh set /config/admin --avast 1

 

[Stoiko Ivanov]

Does this still work with PMG V6?

Yes it should

 

[Nisamudeen]

Hi,

Can someone update a feedback of this? How was your experience in adding avast with proxmox antispam gateway?

 

[heutger]

Hi,

Can someone update a feedback of this? How was your experience in adding avast with proxmox antispam gateway?

Great, ClamAV detection is worst ever, ClamAV with additional signatures contain many false positives, Avast still miss some viruses, but it's the much better option. However, there are also rare (affordable and daemonizable) alternatives out there. I wasn't able to test Dr.Web yet, seems to be the only valuable alternative.