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Amavis has different default options for controlling where virus, spam, banned file attachments, or bad header notifications get sent to. The defaults look like:

# $newvirus_admin = undef;
# $virus_admin = undef;
# $spam_admin = undef;
# $banned_admin = undef;
# $bad_header_admin = undef;

Debian/Ubuntu sets virus notifications in /etc/amavis/conf.d/20-debian_defaults:

$virus_admin = "postmaster\@$mydomain"; # due to D_DISCARD default

To disable virus notifications on Centos/RHEL/CloudLinux/AlmaLinux edit the file /etc/amavisd/warden.conf or on Debian/Ubuntu edit the file /etc/amavis/conf.d/99-warden and add the line (before the last line 1;):

$virus_admin = undef;

After making the changes restart Amavis:

// Centos/RHEL/CloudLinux/AlmaLinux
systemctl restart amavisd

// Debian/Ubuntu
systemctl restart amavis