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Also known as ClamAV, ClamWin Portable

ClamAV (Clam 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. 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.

Key facts

Software.name
ClamAV
Software.logo
ClamAV Logo.png
Software.logo alt
ClamAV logo
Software.screenshot
ClamAV on Linux screenshot.webp
Software.caption
ClamAV 1.4.3, running a definition update, scanning a file and identifying an EICAR test file from the command-line
Software.author
Tomasz Kojm
Software.developer
Cisco Talos
Software.programming language
C, C++
Software.operating system
Unix, AIX, BSD, HP-UX, Linux, macOS, OpenVMS, Tru64 UNIX, Windows, Haiku
Software.genre
Antivirus software
Software.license
GPL-2.0-only

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Source code

ClamAV® is an open source antivirus engine for detecting trojans, viruses, malware & other malicious threats. ClamAV documentation is hosted at docs.clamav.net. The source archive for each release also includes a copy of the documentation for offline reading. For information about the features in this and prior releases, read the news. Anyone can learn to read and write ClamAV signatures. To get started, see our signature writing manual. ClamAV can be run using Docker. For details, visit to the online manual under "Docker" and check out our images on Docker Hub. For help installing from a package manager, refer to the online manual under "Packages". The following install packages are available for download from clamav.net/downloads: Linux - Debian and RPM packages for x86 64 and i686. New in v0.104. macOS - PKG installer for x86 64 and arm64 (universal). New in v0.104. Windows - MSI installers and portable ZIP packages for win32 and x64. To learn how to use these packages, refer to the online manual under "Installing". The source archive for each release includes a copy of the documentation for offline reading. A reference with all of the available build options can be found in the INSTALL.md file. You can find additional advice for developers in the online manual under "For Developers". Visit the FAQ for tips on how to upgrade from a previous version. The best way to get in touch with the ClamAV community is to join our mailing lists. You can also join the community on our ClamAV Discord chat server. The ClamAV development team welcomes code contributions, improvements to our documentation, and also bug reports. ClamAV is licensed for public/open source use under the GNU General Public License, Version 2 (GPLv2). See the COPYING directory for a copy of the 3rd party project licenses. Credit for contributions to each release can be found in the News.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
free software
Developer
Sourcefire
Official website
www.clamav.net
Image
ClamAV on Linux screenshot.webp
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source code repository URL
github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav
issue tracker URL
bugzilla.clamav.net
programmed in
C
Commons category
ClamAV
inception
2001-00-00
operating system
cross-platform
publication date
2001-00-00
official blog URL
blog.clamav.net
software version identifier
1.4.4
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Encyclopedic overview

18 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Patent lawsuit
  • Features
  • Real-time file scanning
  • Effectiveness
  • Unofficial databases
  • Platforms
  • Linux, BSD
  • macOS
  • OpenVMS
  • Windows
  • OS/2
  • Graphical interfaces
  • ClamWin
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

ClamAV (Clam 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. 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.

== History == ClamAV was initially released with version 0.10 on 8 May 2002, by Polish university student Tomasz Kojm. In 2007, it was acquired by Sourcefire, which in turn was acquired by Cisco in 2013 and now operates under its Talos cybersecurity division.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Clam AntiVirus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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