Solutions & Tools sheets
Summary
ClamAV
Functionalities
anti virus
Uses
Protecting your system from malware
Alternative to
AVG anti virus
short description
ClamAV, an open-source antivirus software, can help individuals and organizations protect their systems from malware threats.
Categories
- Office - Internet (Office suite, email, browsing)
- Maintenance, security, backups, utilities
Relevance to the social and cultural sector
Occasionally useful
Used by Open Minds
Description
Detailed description
ClamAV (antivirus) is a free software, cross-platform antimalware toolkit able to detect many types of malware, including viruses. It was developed for Unix and has third party versions available for AIX, BSD, HP-UX, Linux, macOS, OpenVMS, OSF (Tru64), Solaris and Haiku. As of version 0.97.5, ClamAV builds and runs on Microsoft Windows.[2][3] Both ClamAV and its updates are made available free of charge. One of its main uses is on mail servers as a server-side email virus scanner.
Type of solution
- Client software (to be installed on your computer/phone/tablet)
Skill level
Administration and server skill levels
Links
official website (information and download)
https://www.clamav.net/
Warning : only download software from the official website
Wikipedia page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ClamAV
Further information
Available on
Languages
Developed by (Publisher/Person or group who created the software)
ClamAV Team