How to uninstall or remove maldet?

This is not necessary, and it is better to keep the maldet. But in case if you want to remove/uninstall maldet, you have to remove every file created by maldet manually, and it is indeed a difficult task. So for those who want to remove maldet, I have created a simple bash script and just save it in a file and execute it after logging in to your server via SSH.

Steps 1: Create a file “auto_maldet_remover.sh” with the following contents

#!/bin/bash
#
##
# Copyright (C) ServerHealers.Com | Web Hosting Support Specialists
# This script is free to use and distribute. We hope this will be useful.
# If you face any issues or if you need any further help,
# Feel free to reach us at ServerHealers.Com
#######################
## Malware Detect Uninstall Script ###
#######################
RED='33[01;31m'
RESET='33[0m'
GREEN='33[01;32m'
inspath=/usr/local/maldetect
logf=$inspath/event_log
cnftemp=.ca.def
if [ ! -d "$inspath" ];then
echo " "
echo -e $RED"Maldet is not installed in this system! Exiting"$RESET
echo
echo "If you want to install, you can follow our tutorial"
echo "https://serverhealers.com/blog/how-to-uninstall-or-remove-maldet-bash-script/"
echo
sleep 2
exit 1
else
rm -rf $inspath
rm -rf $cnftemp
rm -rf /usr/lib/libinotifytools.so.0
rm -rf /etc/cron.daily/maldet
rm -rf /etc/cron.d/maldet_pub
rm -rf $inspath.bk*
rm -rf $inspath.last*
fi
echo
echo
echo -e "$GREEN***********************************************************************************************$RESET"
echo -e " Success!"
echo -e "$GREEN***********************************************************************************************$RESET"
echo
echo
echo "If you want to install again, you can follow our tutorial"
echo "https://serverhealers.com/blog/how-to-uninstall-or-remove-maldet-bash-script/"
echo

Steps 2: Save the file and give the necessary permissions

chmod 755 auto_maldet_remover.sh

Steps 3: Run the script ( This will completely remove maldet from your system )

./auto_maldet_remover.sh

So that’s how you uninstall or remove Maldet from your Linux system.