Not sure this one went through so I'm trying again this way.
These are the permission in /var/local/
2 /var/local # ls -al
total 48
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Jul 27 08:01 .
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Oct 1 15:39 ..
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Oct 4 05:24 aide
drwsrws--- 3 clamav clamav 4096 Oct 3 12:53 clamav
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Jun 22 17:29 lib
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 25 06:24 log
drwx------ 2 root root 16384 Jun 20 23:27 lost+found
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jul 21 11:17 lynis
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jul 21 07:12 nacctd
2 /var/local #
I use a separate file system to keep private data away from the root partition. I use ClamAV for general malware scanning.
name=Matthew%20Campbell&email=trenix25%40pm.me