Uninstall or Remove Maldet? (Bash Script)

Uninstall or Remove Maldet
Sometimes, you need to remove maldet from your server. This article will help you to know how to Uninstall or Remove Maldet via Bash Script.

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.

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