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ClamAV

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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Features

DaemonMilterZIPRARTar
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Platforms

SambaMacOS ServerFinkHomebrewMacPorts
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History

SourcefireCiscoTalosBarracuda NetworksTrend Micro
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Graphical interfaces

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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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ClamAV

Nodes94
Edges93
Triples121
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021277
Components1

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ClamAV

Top relations

related to Features · 29
ClamAV → BinHex, Bzip2, Cabinet, CHM, FSG, Gzip, HTML, It, MEW, Milter, NsPack, Office Open XML, OLE2, PDF, PE, Petite, Portable Document Format, Portable Executable, RAR, Rich Text Format
related to Patent lawsuit · 15
ClamAV → Barracuda Networks, Barracuda's, Final Rejection, Free Software Foundation, IBM-obtained, In, Internet, July, May, On, Patent, The, Trademark Office, Trend Micro, Trend Micro's
related to macOS · 13
ClamAV → Additionally, Another, Canimaan Software Ltd, ClamXav, Counteragent, Eudora Internet Mail Server, Fink, Homebrew, It, MacPorts, Server, SpamAssassin, Working
related to Effectiveness · 9
ClamAV → AhnLab, AV-TEST, Avast, Avira, BitDefender, December, In, June, Shadowserver
related to Real-time file scanning · 8
ClamAV → API, Beginning, ClamAV's, On Linux, On-Access Scanning, The, This, Users
related to history · 7
ClamAV → Cisco, In, May, Polish, Sourcefire, Talos, Tomasz Kojm
related to Linux, BSD · 6
ClamAV → BSD-based, In, Linux, On Linux, Samba, These
related to Graphical interfaces · 4
ClamAV → GUI, GUIs, Since ClamAV, These
related to OpenVMS · 4
ClamAV → DEC Alpha, Itanium, OpenVMS, The
related to OS/2 · 4
ClamAV → ArcaOS, OS/2, REXX, UI

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

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

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

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