Daybreak Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Hmm.. just noticed this (not sure if anyone has posted here yet).... ClamWin Antivirus - Front-End to Clam Antivirus ClamWin Antivirus provides Graphical User Interface to Clam Antivirus scanning engine. It allows to select and scan a folder or file, configure settings and update virus databases. It also includes a Windows Taskbar tray icon. ClamWin also features a context menu handler for Windows Explorer which installs Scan into the right-click explorer menu for files and folders. Microsoft Outlook users may enjoy ClamWin Outlook Addin, which removes virus-infected attachments when an email is being opened. ClamWin Antivirus Setup program provides and easy way to install the software and does not require administrative privileges in Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP/2003. ClamWin Antivirus is compatible with Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003. Main Virus Scanner Program is also compatible with different Unix versions that have Python 2.2 and Gnome Desktop. Homepage here Anyone care to download and give it a spin? From what I've heard, ClamAV is a damn good virus-scanner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AQUaDeX Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 well for one thing it's commandline so I doubt it has always-on protection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Booger Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 well for one thing it's commandline so I doubt it has always-on protection Who is your pot dealer? ClamWin Antivirus provides Graphical User Interface to Clam Antivirus scanning engine. It allows to select and scan a folder or file, configure settings and update virus databases. It also includes a Windows Taskbar tray icon. ClamWin also features a context menu handler for Windows Explorer which installs Scan into the right-click explorer menu for files and folders. Microsoft Outlook users may enjoy ClamWin Outlook Addin, which removes virus-infected attachments when an email is being opened. It says specifically that it has a GUI... from the frontend for windows.... Now as far as always on protection... I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schmoove Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 I'll stay with Symantec... thank you. Trust them more then some kind of dodgy open source project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daybreak Posted April 6, 2004 Author Share Posted April 6, 2004 Well.. ClamAV isn't really THAT unknown... Its primarily used in *nix environments as a mail gateway AV scanning tool, and IIRC, its got the 5th quickest definition update timings... I gave it a test run, can't really tell about detection accuracy (since I don't have a set of files lying around), but scanning is REAL FAST (compared to SAV CE 8, that is). No real-time scan and butt-ugly interface though. I think it'll be worth keeping since its a standalone thingy that won't conflict with your normal AV solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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