Is ClamAV open source?

Is ClamAV open source?

Is ClamAV open source?

Clam AntiVirus is an open source (GPL) anti-virus toolkit for UNIX, designed especially for e-mail scanning on mail gateways. It provides a number of utilities including a flexible and scalable multi-threaded daemon, a command line scanner and advanced tool for automatic database updates.

How do I run ClamAV on Windows?

Install clamd as a service

  1. Open a command prompt.
  2. Change directory to c:\clamav\ or wherever you installed clamav.
  3. Run clamd.exe –install.
  4. Open services. msc and edit the newly installed “ClamWin Free Antivirus Scanner Service” to start Automatically and/or use credentials other than the local system account, etc.

How do I get ClamAV?

Installing ClamAV is easy with the Ubuntu APT package.

  1. Update your package lists: Copy. apt-get update.
  2. Install ClamAV: Copy. apt-get install clamav clamav-daemon -y.

How do I install ClamAV on Windows 10?

Is CLAMAV good antivirus for Windows?

Clam AntiVirus is a free software, cross-platform and open-source antivirus software toolkit able to detect many types of malicious software, including viruses. One of its main uses is on mail servers as a server-side email virus scanner. The application was developed for Unix and has third party versions available for AIX, BSD, HP-UX, Linux, macOS, OpenVMS, OSF and Solaris. As of version 0.97.5, ClamAV builds and runs on Microsoft Windows. Both ClamAV and its updates are made available free of

How do I uninstall ClamAV?

Click Windows button at the bottom left of the screen. Click Control Panel > Click Uninstall a program link. Find out where ClamAV for Windows is in the program list. Locate ClamAV for Windows in the list, right click on it and select Uninstall. Follow the instruction to finish the removal. Reboot the system afterwards.

What is the best open source antivirus software?

Immunet. Immunet is an entirely open source software developed to protect your PC from any online threat.

  • Bitdefender Free Version. The free version of Bitdefender is a lightweight and simple antivirus software.
  • Comodo Antivirus Free.
  • Clamwin Free Antivirus.
  • Kaspersky Free.
  • Sophos Home Free.
  • Avast Free Version.
  • Avira Free Antivirus.
  • Windows Defender.