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-[ClamAV | http://www.clamav.net/] is a [Free] ([GPL]) [Virus] scanner for [Linux], [Solaris], [*BSD], [AIX], [MacOSX], [Cygwin] B20 on multiple architectures such as [Intel], [Alpha], [SPARC], Cobalt MIPS boxes, [PowerPC] and [RISC] 6000. It started as a [C]-based reimplementation of the abandoned [Java] !
OpenAntiVirus. Signature updates are available in an open FileFormat.
+[ClamAV | http://www.clamav.net/] is a [Free] ([GPL]) [Virus] scanner for [Linux], [Solaris], [*BSD], [AIX], [MacOSX], [Cygwin] B20 on multiple architectures such as [Intel], [Alpha], [SPARC], Cobalt MIPS boxes, [PowerPC] and [RISC] 6000. It started as a [C]-based reimplementation of the abandoned [Java] ~
OpenAntiVirus. Signature updates are available in an open FileFormat.
-[ClamAV] comes with a tool called __
freshclam__
which updates the virus database automatically: it downloads the database from !
http://database.clamav.net/ (a round robin record that tries to equally balance the traffic between [all the database mirrors | http://www.clamav.net/mirrors.html]) which is split into two files called __
main.cvd__
and __
daily.cvd__
. __
daily.cvd__
is updated frequently and occasionally is merged with __
main.cvd__
.
+[ClamAV] comes with a tool called <tt>
freshclam</tt>
which updates the virus database automatically: it downloads the database from ~
http://database.clamav.net/ (a round robin record that tries to equally balance the traffic between [all the database mirrors | http://www.clamav.net/mirrors.html]) which is split into two files called <tt>
main.cvd</tt>
and <tt>
daily.cvd</tt>
. <tt>
daily.cvd</tt>
is updated frequently and occasionally is merged with <tt>
main.cvd</tt>
.
In issue 8/2004 (April 5, 2004), the German computer magazine [c't | http://www.heise.de/ct/] published a comparative review of a number of virus scanners, in which they reported that [ClamAV]'s signature updates are provided far too slowly to adequately cope with the contemporary appearance rate of new mail worms, of which new mutations sometimes follow each other within hours. On the other hand, a lot of people appear to have had experiences to the contrary. That article also mentions that [ClamAV] lacks "code emulation", an easy way to identify variations of a PolyMorphicVirus.
-Anyway, you can see [ClamAV]'s response times by yourself at http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.virus.clamav.virusdb
-
+Anyway, you can see [ClamAV]'s response times by yourself at [
http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.virus.clamav.virusdb].
I suggest you check them out before you say [ClamAV] doesn't suit your needs. You could be surprised.
-[ClamAV] can be used by [ContentScanner]s to scan [Email]s on many [MTA]s. The [ClamAV] package includes one written by Nigel Horne for SendMail called __
clamav-milter__
. Another one is [smtp-vilter | http://www.etc.msys.ch/software/smtp-vilter/]. They both use the SendMail "milter" [API].
+[ClamAV] can be used by [ContentScanner]s to scan [Email]s on many [MTA]s. The [ClamAV] package includes one written by Nigel Horne for SendMail called <tt>
clamav-milter</tt>
. Another one is [smtp-vilter | http://www.etc.msys.ch/software/smtp-vilter/]. They both use the SendMail "milter" [API].
Other [ContentScanner]s known to work with [ClamAV] are [Amavis / Amavis-ng | http://amavis.sf.net/], [AMaViS-New | http://www.ijs.si/software/amavisd/], [Exiscan | http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan-acl/], MailScanner, QmailScanner.
-You can also use [ClamAV] to scan all [POP3] traffic with __
pop3vscan__
. See ClamAvPopVscan.
+You can also use [ClamAV] to scan all [POP3] traffic with <tt>
pop3vscan</tt>
. See ClamAvPopVscan.
-In fact you can even use [ClamAV] to scan your incoming mail in Outlook: just get [ClamWin | http://clamwin.sf.net
] and install the Outlook Plugin
!
-
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-
+In fact you can even use [ClamAV] to scan your incoming mail in [
Outlook]
: just get [ClamWin | http://www.
clamwin.com
] and install the Outlook plugin
! It is also a generic on
-access scanner for [Windows].
!! User Wishlist
-;; !RexSter :
-** local update server
. so other clients on a LAN wont have
to download from the internet (NOTE: It's
already possible
, just read
the FAQ)
-** also clean worms, keyloggers, dialers, and other junks... (NOTE:
ClamAV already recognizes most common ones)
-
-;; Travis van Dame :
-** Client Management Tool to manage ClamAV installed on network computers
-
-;; Eric Carter :
-** On Access Scanner for Windows ([ClamWin | http://www
.clamwin.net/])
+This wiki page doesn't get much attention
. And it is not possible
to let you know about you documentation for requested features that are actually
already implemented. Therefore
, please post your wishes on
the [
ClamAV] MailingList instead
.
-;; Lars Jonsson :
-** ICAP support in ClamAV
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+!! See also
-See also:
* ClamAvNotes
+* ClamAvPopVscan
+* AntiVirus
* [Third-party software with ClamAV support | http://www.clamav.net/3rdparty.html]
+* [ClamWin | http://www.clamwin.com]
+* [ClamAV Homepage| http://www.clamav.net/]
