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ClamAV: History & Art

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…

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ClamAV topic overview

The analysis highlights History and Art as prominent areas in the source structure around ClamAV.

Related topics
81
Source areas
7
Connected nodes
88
Extracted relationships
101
Related term clusters
29
Bridge connections
88

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Features · 21 topics
Overview · 17 topics
Platforms · 17 topics
History · 10 topics
Graphical interfaces · 9 topics
Effectiveness · 6 topics
Unofficial databases · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Developer
Cisco Talos
License
GPL-2.0-only
Operating system
Unix, AIX, BSD, HP-UX, Linux, macOS, OpenVMS, Tru64 UNIX, Windows, Haiku
Original author
Tomasz Kojm
Preview release
1.5.0-beta / 1 April 2025
Release
8 May 2002; 24 years ago (2002-05-08)

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Overview

History

Features

Effectiveness

Unofficial databases

Platforms

Graphical interfaces

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Advanced semantic analysis

How ClamAV connects Entity context

The extracted context around ClamAV shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, ClamAV → BinHex, Bzip2, Cabinet, CHM, FSG, Gzip, HTML, MEW, Milter, NsPack, Office Open XML, OLE2, PDF, PE, Petite, Portable Document Format, Portable Executable, RAR, Rich Text Format, RTF Another extracted example is ClamAV → Additionally, Another, Canimaan Software Ltd, ClamXav, Counteragent, Eudora Internet Mail Server, Fink, Homebrew, MacPorts, Server, SpamAssassin, Working. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

ClamAV

Top relations

related to Features · 27
ClamAV → BinHex, Bzip2, Cabinet, CHM, FSG, Gzip, HTML, MEW, Milter, NsPack, Office Open XML, OLE2, PDF, PE, Petite, Portable Document Format, Portable Executable, RAR, Rich Text Format, RTF
related to macOS · 12
ClamAV → Additionally, Another, Canimaan Software Ltd, ClamXav, Counteragent, Eudora Internet Mail Server, Fink, Homebrew, MacPorts, Server, SpamAssassin, Working
related to Patent lawsuit · 12
ClamAV → Barracuda Networks, Barracuda's, Final Rejection, Free Software Foundation, IBM-obtained, Internet, July, May, Patent, Trademark Office, Trend Micro, Trend Micro's
related to Effectiveness · 8
ClamAV → AhnLab, AV-TEST, Avast, Avira, BitDefender, December, June, Shadowserver
related to history · 6
ClamAV → Cisco, May, Polish, Sourcefire, Talos, Tomasz Kojm
related to Real-time file scanning · 6
ClamAV → API, Beginning, ClamAV's, On Linux, On-Access Scanning, Users
related to Linux, BSD · 4
ClamAV → BSD-based, Linux, On Linux, Samba
related to OS/2 · 4
ClamAV → ArcaOS, OS/2, REXX, UI
related to Graphical interfaces · 3
ClamAV → GUI, GUIs, Since ClamAV
related to OpenVMS · 3
ClamAV → DEC Alpha, Itanium, OpenVMS

Important terminology

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Important terminology

software malware scanning files available linux macos windows antivirus clamxav graphical viruses interface free bsd openvms also unix application engine

ClamAV relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 101 structured relationships around ClamAV. Examples in this analysis include ClamAV → Developer → Cisco Talos and ClamAV → License → GPL-2.0-only. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ClamAVDeveloperCisco Talos1.00infobox
ClamAVLicenseGPL-2.0-only1.00infobox
ClamAVOperating systemUnix, AIX, BSD, HP-UX, Linux, macOS, OpenVMS, Tru64 UNIX, Windows, Haiku1.00infobox
ClamAVOriginal authorTomasz Kojm1.00infobox
ClamAVPreview release1.5.0-beta / 1 April 20251.00infobox
ClamAVRelease8 May 2002; 24 years ago (2002-05-08)1.00infobox
ClamAVRepositorygithub.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav1.00infobox
ClamAVStable release1.5.4 / 7 August 20261.00infobox
ClamAVTypeAntivirus software1.00infobox
ClamAVWebsitewww.clamav.net1.00infobox
ClamAVWritten inC, C++1.00infobox
log output available in command-line optionsinstance ofwith other options0.80text

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around ClamAV bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Engine, Viruses and Software. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • ClamAV
    • Engine
    • Viruses
    • Software
    • Linux
    • Provides
    • Available
    • Files
    • Uses
    • Written
    • Using
    • Windows
    • Malware
  • clamav
    • Engine
    • Viruses
    • Software
    • Linux
    • Provides
    • Available
    • Files
    • Uses
    • Written
    • Using
    • Windows
    • Malware
  • free software
    • Software
    • Viruses
    • Written
    • Interface
    • Clamxav
    • Patent
    • Trend
    • Also
    • Provides
    • Using
    • Graphical
    • Detect
  • software patent
    • Trend
    • Viruses
    • Written
    • Interface
    • Clamxav
    • Patent
    • Software
    • Unix
    • Update
    • Version
    • Also
    • Provides
  • free software community
    • Software
    • Viruses
    • Written
    • Interface
    • Clamxav
    • Patent
    • Trend
    • Also
    • Provides
    • Using
    • Graphical
    • Detect
  • free software foundation
    • Software
    • Viruses
    • Written
    • Interface
    • Clamxav
    • Patent
    • Trend
    • Also
    • Provides
    • Using
    • Graphical
    • Detect
  • graphical user interface
    • User
    • Interface
    • Update
    • Also
    • Scanning
    • Software
    • Version
    • Written
    • Provides
    • Using
    • Viruses
    • Clamxav
  • cs antivirus
    • Clam
    • Free
    • Software
    • Version
    • Using
    • Graphical
    • Aix
    • Haiku
    • Hp-ux
    • Bsd
    • File
    • Openvms

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For ClamAV, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects ClamAV with Features. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
ClamAV — Features · splits 67 ⟂ 22
ClamAV — Overview · splits 71 ⟂ 18
ClamAV — Platforms · splits 71 ⟂ 18
ClamAV — History · splits 78 ⟂ 11
ClamAV — Graphical interfaces · splits 79 ⟂ 10
ClamAV — Effectiveness · splits 82 ⟂ 7

Map overview Semantic statistics

ClamAV

Nodes89
Edges88
Triples101
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022472
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around ClamAV to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History & Art, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — ClamAV · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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