Free Antivirus

November 30 2010 by admin in Open Source |Comments Off

ClamWin is a Free Antivirus for Microsoft Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003. It provides a graphical user interface to the Clam AntiVirus engine.

ClamWin Free Antivirus uses the GNU General Public License by the Free Software Foundation and is free (as in freedom) software. To find out more about GNU General Public License and what it entitles you to, please visit the following link: Philosophy of the GNU Project – Free Software Foundation.

[http://www.clamwin.com/ | Feb | 2006]

ClamWin is a Free Antivirus for Microsoft Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003. It provides a graphical user interface to the Clam AntiVirus engine.

ClamWin Free Antivirus uses the GNU General Public License by the Free Software Foundation and is free (as in freedom) software.

ClamWin Free Antivirus comes with an easy installer and open source code at no cost. It features:

  • High detection rates for viruses and spyware;
  • Scanning Scheduler;
  • Automatic Virus Database Updates. ClamAV team updates Virus Databases on a regular basis and almost immediately after a new virus/variant is out;
  • Standalone Virus Scanner
  • Context Menu Integration to Microsoft Windows Explorer;
  • Addin to Microsoft Outlook.

The latest version of Clamwin Free Antivirus is 0.88

Please note that ClamWin Free Antivirus does not include an on-access real-time scanner, that is, you need to manually scan a file in order to detect a virus or spyware. Microsoft Outlook Addin, however will delete a virus-infected attachment automatically.

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