Linux Maldet - Installation

This guide will help you through installing LMD (Linux Malware Detect) on your VPS or Dedicated servers
You will need to be logged in as root to the server over SSH.
Let's create a temporary directory and navigate into it, followed by downloading the latest release of maldet:

# mkdir tmp
# cd tmp
# wget http://www.rfxn.com/downloads/maldetect-current.tar.gz

Extract the archive containing LMD and navigate into the directory it creates:

# tar xf maldetect-current.tar.gz && cd maldetect-*

Warning: Version may vary, you can check the current directory listing with the command `ls` Once you're inside execute the install script:

#  ./install.sh

This will automatically install a cronjob inside /etc/cron.daily/maldet as well, it will make LMD execute daily and scan local cPanel accounts for possible malware.
Usage is fairly simple, to scan user's home directory or any other directory you would simply execute:

#      maldet -a /home/user

Any path is alright. Please note that LMD runs great with ClamAV.

Setting up e-mail alerts
LMD has an option to alert you each time it detects malware, please review these configuration variables inside /usr/local/maldetect/conf.maldet
variable     value     description
email_alert     1 or 0     enable or disable e-mail alerts
email_addr      e-mail address      target e-mail for notifications, should be put in quotes like: "root@domain.com"
Other configuration variables that you should look into:
variable     value     description
quar_hits     number     if the number is different than 0, enables automatic quarantine
maxfilesize      size      makes LMD skip files larger than set size, for example "512k" (512 K