bongo-setup probes 127.0.0.1:3310 with the clamd PING command and 127.0.0.1:783 with the spamd PING command. It enables the matching Bongo agent only after a valid response. The probe does not start a service or edit files owned by another package.

clamd.conf and spamd.options are safe loopback-only fragments. Merge the applicable settings into the distribution's existing configuration, restart the scanner, rerun bongo-admin config, and enable bongoavirus or bongoantispam. Bongo's Store documents remain named antivirus and antispam; they are JSON objects even though Bongo configuration document names do not carry a .json suffix.

For a remote scanner, replace the host in Bongo's antivirus.hosts or antispam.hosts list and protect the scanner network independently. clamd and spamd do not become safe Internet services merely because Bongo can use a remote endpoint.