What is Maldet? (LMD)
Maldet is a malware detector that is mostly used on servers that run Linux. It makes use of threat data from network edge intrusion detection systems to remove malware that is actively employed in assaults and generates signatures for detection.
For those in charge of shared Linux hosting servers, it will be quite helpful. A compromised account frequently has malware files and infected files inside of it. Using Maldet, you can quickly recognise the files and either remove or quarantine them.
Maldet offers a wide range of switches and options. Let’s use the example to examine all the switches and options in maldet.
1. -b, -background:
This command will execute operations in the background. It is suitable for large scans
maldet -b -r /home/hostuser/
2. -u, -update:
This command will update malware detection signatures from rfxn.com
3. -d, -update-ver:
This command will update the installed version from rfxn.com
maldet -d
4. -m, -monitor USERS|PATHS|FILE
This command will run maldet with inotify kernel-level file create/modify monitoring
maldet -m /home/hostuser/
5. -k, -kill
This command will terminate inotify monitoring service
maldet -k
6. -r, -scan-recent PATH DAYS
This command scans created / modified files over the last X days (default: 7d, wildcard:?)
maldet -r /home/?/public_html 2
7. -a, -scan-all PATH
This command will scan all files in path (default: /home, wildcard: ?)
maldet -a /home/?/public_html
8. -c, -checkout FILE
This command will upload suspected malware to rfxn.com for review & hashing into signatures
9. -l, -log
This command will view maldet log file events.
maldet -l
10. -e, -report SCANID email
This command will view scan report of most recent scan or of a specific SCANID and optionally e-mail the report to a supplied e-mail address.
11. -s, -restore FILE|SCANID
This command will restore file from quarantine queue to orginal path or restore all items from a specific SCANID
maldet –restore /usr/local/maldetect/quarantine/config.php.23754
maldet –restore 08594-19634.85478
12. -q, -quarantine SCANID
This command will quarantine all malware from report SCANID
maldet –quarantine 08594-19634.85478
13. -n, -clean SCANID
This command will try to clean & restore malware hits from report SCANID
maldet –clean 08594-19634.85478
14. -U, -user USER
This command will set execution under specified user, ideal for restoring from user quarantine or to view user reports.
maldet –user <user_name> –report
maldet –user <user_name> –restore 08594-19634.85478
15. -p, -purge
This command will clear logs, quarantine queue, session and temporary data.
