ClamAV 0.93-1

Publisher's Description:

ClamAV is an open source antivirus solution that features a command line interface for scanning files, updating the virus definitions, and a daemon for faster scanning needed on high performance systems.

Unlike most antivirus products, ClamAV requires no yearly subscription fee, and is completely free with source code to anyone who wishes to use it. Because it is released under the GPL v2 license, you must follow all license requirements if you modify the ClamAV source code, or use it in your own projects.

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Reviewer:	Krody	May 6, 2008
Version:	0.93-1
Good antivirus. There is also a version which runs in usb pen drives. So it is useful in order to check a lot of computers. It is slower than other anti-virus software, but is free. A year ago, I used it at the first time on GNU/Linux (this is the guide, I followed, to install it on "penguin" http://www.valent-blog.e...07/04/02/clam-antivirus/ ). Virus signatures come quickly than other competitors, so it was love from the first byte :)
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Reviewer:	drog42	Apr 30, 2008
Version:	0.93-1
not a bad on demand scanner has a tendency to false positive a tad.example: i have uci chess engines on my pc, and clam av detected one as a threat,avast pro said otherwise,sent the same file to a friend for analysis running nod 32,same result no threat,these 2 av scanners nod and avast pro incorporate multiple level protection, spyware,malware and root kit detection,
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Reviewer:	seier	Apr 22, 2008
Version:	0.93-1
Hi Gang, For starters Betanews is posting the wrong version. This is a copy of the unix version that runs on Cygwin. There is a Windows native version at ClamWin.com. I'm not even going to review this illogical Cygwin version. What I am going to do is tell you why you shouldn't download this at Betanews and get it from ClamWin.com or http://SF.net/projects/clamwin. *Free for businesses *Downloads updates and scans on schedule *Live protection for e-mail (Outlook, not inserted media) *Was one of the very best scanners at the AV Comparitives What it isn't: Autoprotecting execution of programs and insertion of media A fast/low resource scanner A commercially available piece of bloatware that conflicts as much as it catches (Trend Micro, Norton, McAfee, Blink, etc..). Cheers, Christian Blackburn
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Reviewer:	Klaus_1250	Apr 22, 2008
Version:	0.93-1
ClamAV is NOT a resident scanner. It was NOT designed to be, nor is that its purpose. It was also never intended to be run on Windows based hardware. People who rate/review here should take that in consideration. ClamAV's purpose is to be a scanner for incoming file's a on *nix platforms. It is not intended to be used for scanning of live environments (can be done, and it may find something, but again, it isn't build for that), especially not Windows environments (again, it is possible to use it this way, but the results will be awfull, and it was specifically not designed to do that.) So people, please, base your reviews on what ClamAV is and what it is supposed to be. Not what you want or expect (without reading their website apparently) it to be.
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Reviewer:	darkpepe	Apr 22, 2008
Version:	0.93-1
It DOES offer resident protection if you install winpooch along.
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