Taken from [https://superuser.com/questions/563855/how-can-i-perform-a-virus-scan-of-my-windows-install-from-linux](https://superuser.com/questions/563855/how-can-i-perform-a-virus-scan-of-my-windows-install-from-linux)

README.md

Install clamav

apt install clamav

Run a scan

Go into the desired directory to scan then start with :

clamscan -ir

See the progress

In another terminal, enter :

watch "lsof -Fn -p `pidof clamscan` | grep ^n\/[^tpdul] | cut -c1 --complement | tail -n1"

Error cases

If output says

LibClamAV Error: cli_loaddbdir(): No supported database files found in /var/lib/clamav

Enter

    sudo service clamav-freshclam stop
    sudo freshclam
    sudo service clamav-freshclam start

(thanks to issue )