How to Stop and Disable ClamAV Service from CentOS?

[Ryaan J. Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ryaan J.]

Hello,

Can anyone assist me with how to Stop and Disable ClamAV Service from CentOS?

[Rex Maughan Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Rex Maughan]

Hello,

Can anyone assist me with how to Stop and Disable ClamAV Service from CentOS?

Hello Ryaan J.,


Everyone knows that the ClamAV scanner is heavy on CPU-memory resources and cannot be used in low-memory Linux systems. If you want to disable the ClamAV scanner from your CentOS system, follow the steps below,


Disable ClamAV Service:

• Firstly, stop the ClamAV scanner by executing the following command,

# service clamd stop

The chkconfig script in Red Hat-based Linux distributions enables and disables the services.

• Now, run the below commands to disable the ClamAV scanner at the system startup,

# chkconfig clamd off
# chkconfig clamd --del

• Next, once disabling ClamAV, you may have to verify its status.
• Thus, execute the below command to check whether ClamAV is disabled at the boot level.

#chkconfig --list | grep clam

Note: If ClamAV is disabled successfully, the following command won't show any results.

• Lastly, the system will boot next time without ClamAV service, saving the system resource and making the server faster after applying the above changes.

Disable Other Unwanted Services:

• Firstly, you can execute the below command to disable other applications and unwanted packages from your CentOS system,

# chkconfig --list

• It will list all services and determine the service name you want to disable. The above command will display all services and their status at boot on each run level.
• After determining the service name, you can simply execute the command below by replacing the service name with XYZ.

# chkconfig XYZ off
# chkconfig XYZ --del

Thus, I hope the above solution helps you to stop and disable the ClamAV service from the CentOS system.

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Regards,
Rex Maughan