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ClamAV
ClamAV is a powerful antivirus engine with multi-threading for scanning, signature updates, and on-access file protection.
clamav-1.5.4 · Stable•GPL-2.0•Since Jul 2012•In-house OSS project
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Last commit
13 days ago
Project age
14 years
About
ClamAV is a versatile and powerful antivirus engine designed to detect and mitigate threats such as viruses, malware, and other malicious software. It is widely used by organizations and individuals to protect their systems and data from cyber threats. ClamAV features a range of tools for scanning, detecting, and analyzing potential security risks, making it a comprehensive solution for safeguarding digital environments.
Key Features
- Command-line scanner.
- Milter interface for sendmail.
- Advanced database updater with support for scripted updates and digital signatures.
- Virus database updated multiple times per day.
- Built-in support for all standard mail file formats.
- Built-in support for various archive formats, including ZIP, RAR, Dmg, Tar, GZIP, BZIP2, OLE2, Cabinet, CHM, BinHex, SIS and others.
- Built-in support for ELF executables and Portable Executable files packed with UPX, FSG, Petite, NsPack, wwpack32, MEW, Upack and obfuscated with SUE, Y0da Cryptor and others.
- Built-in support for popular document formats, including MS Office and MacOffice files, HTML, Flash, RTF and PDF.