Is there an OSS Antivirus software available ?Poudlardo@jlai.lu to Open Source@lemmy.ml – 35 points – 1 years agoTitle.18Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent commentClamAV is an OK antivirus, if you use it to scan annex files on a mail server or cloud storage. Is now suitable for real time scan. Virus detection is very poor, it let pass many virus https://www.splunk.com/en_us/blog/security/how-good-is-clamav-at-detecting-commodity-malware.html Keep in mind that ClamAV does not disinfect files. It only removes them from the system or moves them to a specified location. It also doesn't watch for infections. It scans when you ask and otherwise remains dormant. https://www.networkworld.com/article/3652690/using-clamav-to-detect-and-remove-viruses-on-linux.htmlNone of that justifies calling I bloatware or spyware. It serves a purpose nonetheless.I didn't call ClamAV bloatware or spyware, I was responding to the previous post.
ClamAV is an OK antivirus, if you use it to scan annex files on a mail server or cloud storage. Is now suitable for real time scan. Virus detection is very poor, it let pass many virus https://www.splunk.com/en_us/blog/security/how-good-is-clamav-at-detecting-commodity-malware.html Keep in mind that ClamAV does not disinfect files. It only removes them from the system or moves them to a specified location. It also doesn't watch for infections. It scans when you ask and otherwise remains dormant. https://www.networkworld.com/article/3652690/using-clamav-to-detect-and-remove-viruses-on-linux.htmlNone of that justifies calling I bloatware or spyware. It serves a purpose nonetheless.I didn't call ClamAV bloatware or spyware, I was responding to the previous post.
None of that justifies calling I bloatware or spyware. It serves a purpose nonetheless.I didn't call ClamAV bloatware or spyware, I was responding to the previous post.
ClamAV is an OK antivirus, if you use it to scan annex files on a mail server or cloud storage.
Is now suitable for real time scan.
Virus detection is very poor, it let pass many virus
https://www.splunk.com/en_us/blog/security/how-good-is-clamav-at-detecting-commodity-malware.html
https://www.networkworld.com/article/3652690/using-clamav-to-detect-and-remove-viruses-on-linux.html
None of that justifies calling I bloatware or spyware. It serves a purpose nonetheless.
I didn't call ClamAV bloatware or spyware, I was responding to the previous post.