Release Notes: ImunifyAV(+) v.5.6 beta

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We’re pleased to announce that a new beta version of ImunifyAV, version 5.6, is now available. The following features are new in the v5.6 beta release:

New Default Settings for Malware Scanner
The new default settings for ImunifyAV’s Malware Scanner component set it to scan faster and use fewer resources.
Ubuntu 20 support
Eventually, Imunify360 supports Ubuntu 20 across all versions including Plesk, DirectAdmin and no panel (“stand-alone”) installation.

Let’s review the changes.

New Default Settings for Malware Scanner

Malware Scanner now has Rapid Scan enabled by default. This setting produces faster scans while using fewer server resources. This new default setting is applied to all new installations of ImunifyAV.

Other default Malware Scanner setting was also changed in this 5.6 beta release:

Binary (ELF) malware detection: On

Note: No current ImunifyAV installations are affected by these changes.

Ubuntu 20 support

Starting from version 5.6, Imunify360 supports the current version of the Ubuntu operating system. It can be installed in the following environments in just a few clicks:

	Ubuntu 20
Plesk
DirectAdmin
Stand-alone installation

The Imunify360 installation process remains the same.

Additional information

ImunifyAV v5.6 includes 40 tasks and 21 bug fixes.

Internal records

Important tasks and issues linked to support tickets:

DEF-14341	Malware ignore patterns moved to /etc/sysconfig/imunify360/malware-filters-admin-conf/processed/ignored/av-admin-paths.txt
DEF-14766 DEF-15083 DEF-15119 DEF-15152 DEF-15209 DEF-15260 DEF-15273 DEF-15311 DEF-15327 DEF-15338 DEF-15350 DEF-15356 DEF-15403 DEF-15422 DEF-15435 DEF-15469 DEF-15589 DEF-15609	Deobfuscator enhancement
DEF-14574	Improved cleanup resolves the cleanup failure for files from different scans
DEF-15320	Change default systemd watchdog timeout to 60 sec
DEF-15423 DEF-15426 DEF-15433	Removed leftover cron jobs on uninstall

Stay in touch

Please give our product team feedback on this version 5.6 release, or share your ideas and feature requests via feedback@imunify360.com.

If you encounter any problems with this beta release, please send a comment or request to our Imunify support team via cloudlinux.zendesk.com.

How to install

To install the new ImunifyAV(+) v.5.6 beta, follow the instructions in the documentation.

How to upgrade

To upgrade ImunifyAV(+) on CentOS/CloudLinux systems, run the command:

yum update imunify-antivirus --enablerepo=imunify360-testing

To upgrade ImunifyAV(+) on Ubuntu 16.04, run the following command:

echo 'deb https://repo.imunify360.cloudlinux.com/imunify360/ubuntu-testing/16.04/ xenial main'  > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/imunify360-testing.list
apt-get update
apt-get install --only-upgrade imunify-antivirus

To upgrade ImunifyAV(+) on Ubuntu 18.04, run the following command:

echo 'deb https://repo.imunify360.cloudlinux.com/imunify360/ubuntu-testing/18.04/ bionic main'  > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/imunify360-testing.list
apt-get update
apt-get install --only-upgrade imunify-antivirus

To upgrade Imunify360 on Debian 9, run the following command:

echo 'deb https://repo.imunify360.cloudlinux.com/imunify360/debian-testing/9/ stretch main'  > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/imunify360-testing.list
apt-get update
apt-get install --only-upgrade imunify-antivirus

To upgrade Imunify360 on Debian 10, run the following command:

echo 'deb https://repo.imunify360.cloudlinux.com/imunify360/debian-testing/10/ buster main'  > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/imunify360-testing.list
apt-get update
apt-get install --only-upgrade imunify-antivirus