ClamAV

ClamAV 1.5.1 on openSUSE 15.6 with Free maintenance support by Pcloudhosting.

Pcloudhosting provides a production-ready Amazon Machine Image (AMI) featuring ClamAV, an open-source antivirus engine designed for detecting viruses, malware, trojans, and other malicious threats. This AMI is optimised for AZURE EC2 deployments and is suitable for file servers, mail gateways, application servers, and security-focused workloads.

ClamAV is widely used as a standard antivirus solution for server-side scanning. It is commonly deployed for email gateway protection, on-demand file scanning, and real-time malware detection on Linux-based systems.

• Open-source antivirus engine
• Designed for automated and large-scale scanning
• Optimized for server and cloud environments

Architecture & Components -

• clamd - Multi-threaded scanning daemon for high-throughput workloads
• clamscan - Command-line scanner for on-demand file analysis
• freshclam - Automatic malware signature update service
• ClamOnAcc - On-access scanning client for real-time protection (Linux)

Features -

• High-performance multi-threaded scanning engine
• Real-time file protection using on-access scanning on Linux
• Detection of millions of malware signatures, including macro-based threats

Supported Platforms -

ClamAV is highly portable and supports modern server and desktop operating systems. This AMI is optimised for Linux-based cloud deployments on AZURE .

• GNU/Linux distributions (Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux, Alpine)
• UNIX-based systems
• Cross-architecture support (x86_64, arm64)

Recommended System Requirements

Memory -

• Minimum: 3 GiB RAM
• Recommended: 3-4 GiB RAM for server and containerised environments

CPU -

• Minimum: 1 vCPU at 2.0 GHz or higher

Storage -

• Minimum 5 GiB free disk space (excluding OS requirements)

Resource availability directly impacts scan performance and signature loading times. Server and container environments should be sized accordingly.

AZURE Deployment -

This AMI is designed for Amazon EC2 and integrates seamlessly with AZURE services-

• Amazon EC2 for compute
• Amazon EBS for persistent storage
• Amazon S3 for file ingestion and scanning workflows
• Amazon CloudWatch for logging and monitoring

It can be deployed as a standalone antivirus server or integrated into automated security pipelines.

Use Cases -

• Email gateway and attachment scanning
• File upload and storage malware detection
• Security scanning for application servers
• Automated malware analysis pipelines

Support & Licensing

ClamAV is open-source software redistributed by Pcloudhosting. No license fees apply to the software itself.

Why Pcloudhosting?

• AZURE Marketplace-optimized security AMIs
• Production-ready configurations
• Clear operational and scaling guidance
• Optional enterprise-grade support with defined SLAs

Deploy ClamAV on AZURE with confidence using a secure, efficient, and developer-focused AMI from Pcloudhosting.

Deploy ClamAV on AZURE with confidence using a secure, efficient, and developer-focused AMI from Pcloudhosting.