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title: How to Disable ClamAV CWP
description: "ClamAV is a powerful antivirus used by CWP in email filtering. It scans the contents of incoming and outgoing emails to ensure they are free from malware. However, it is resource-intensive. It requires a minimum of 3 GB RAM and…"
url: "https://truehost.com/support/knowledge-base/disable-clamav-cwp/"
updated: "2024-09-23"
category: CWP Panel
---

# How to Disable ClamAV CWP

ClamAV is a powerful antivirus used by CWP in email filtering. It scans the contents of incoming and outgoing emails to ensure they are free from malware. However, it is resource-intensive. It requires a minimum of 3 GB RAM and 1 CPU at 2.0 GHz. For VPS with less than the minimum requirements, they will struggle to operate while loading the websites.

We will disable this service via CWP Dashboard and via terminal.

**Via CWP Dashboard**

Login to your Dashboard. Scroll Down towards Service Status. Click Mail Services.

![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/image-13.png)

Click the Stop button beside ClamAV. Then click Status button. You should see something like this:

![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/image-14-1024x330.png)
ClamAV should be inactive (dead).

**via Terminal**

Access VPS as root via ssh terminal. Then run following command:

`service clamd stop && systemctl disable clamd`

Then check the status of the service

`systemctl status clamd`

ClamAV should be inactive (dead).