You can scan your cPanel VPS and dedicated server against malware and keep your environment clean with the help of A-AST Linux Malware Detect cPanel/WHM plugin. Unlike other malware detection plugins,  A-AST Linux Malware Detect not just detects the malware based on signatures/hashes created by others but it keeps track on real world threats and generates signatures for them. This plugin works efficiently on CentOS 5.x & 6.x and WHM version 11.38 and above. This article will assist you to install A-AST Linux Malware Detect for cPanel server.
- Connect to your Linux machine via SSH.
- Create directory to install the plugin and change to the installation directory.
mkdir lmd cd /lmd
- Download A-AST Linux Malware Detect for cPanel/WHM by issueing following command.
wget http://rep0.admin-ahead.com/sources/aast_maldet_interface/v_2_1/aast_maldet_interface_installer.sh
- Set execution permission to installer file.
chmod +x aast_maldet_interface_installer.sh
- Run the installer and follow onscreen instructions.
./aast_maldet_interface_installer.sh
Once plugin is installed activate the license as follows.
- Obtain the license key for A-AST Linux Malware Detect cPanel/WHM plugin.
- Login to your WHM.
- Under plugin section, click on A-AST Linux Malware Detect Interface cPanel Plugin v2.0.
- Enter your license key and submit.
