Yes - It is needed.
I recommend implementing a plugin for it. (ClamAV)
ClamAV is a great tool. Cpanel has it.
To run manually ->
CentOS
Connect to the server instance using an SSH client, such as Putty.
Once connected, run the following commands as the root user (Please note if you’re not running these commands as the root user you’ll need to append the word “sudo” before each command)
yum install -y epel-release
yum install -y clamav
freshclam
Ubuntu
Connect to the server instance using an ssh client, such as Putty
Once connected, run the following commands (Please note if you’re not running these commands as the root user you’ll need to append the word “sudo” before each command)
apt-get update
apt-get install clamav clamav-daemon
freshclam
Once ClamAV is installed you can run a scan using the following commands. Please note that the following commands apply to both Ubuntu and CentOS.
To check files in the all users home directories issue the following command:
clamscan -r /home
To check all files on the server instance:
clamscan -r /
