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title: 'ClamAV Troubleshooting'
url: 'https://docs.danami.com/sentinel/troubleshooting/clamav'
markdown: 'https://docs.danami.com/sentinel/troubleshooting/clamav.md'
date: '2026-09-25'
description: 'Restarting ClamAV AlmaLinux / CloudLinux / RHEL / Rocky Linux // restart clamav systemctl restart clamd@scan // restart freshclam systemctl restart clamav-freshclam Debian / Ubuntu // restart clamav systemctl restart clamav-daemon // restart freshclam systemctl restart clamav-freshclam Debug cla…'
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[](#)  [ Basics ](https://docs.danami.com/sentinel/)     [ Troubleshooting ](https://docs.danami.com/sentinel/troubleshooting)      ClamAV Troubleshooting    

# ClamAV Troubleshooting

## Restarting ClamAV

#### AlmaLinux / CloudLinux / RHEL / Rocky Linux

```
// restart clamav
systemctl restart clamd@scan

// restart freshclam
systemctl restart clamav-freshclam
```

#### Debian / Ubuntu

```
// restart clamav
systemctl restart clamav-daemon

// restart freshclam
systemctl restart clamav-freshclam

```

## Debug

```
clamscan --debug 2>&1 /dev/null
```

## Checking Signatures

```
clamscan --debug 2>&1 /dev/null | grep "loaded"
```

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