Is there an Open Source Antivirus out there?

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Anthony Ewell

Hi All,

Anyone know of an Open Source Antivirus?

Many thanks,
--Tony
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Anthony said:
Hi All,

Anyone know of an Open Source Antivirus?
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Not much out there in this area. Only one I am aware of is
http://www.clamwin.com/. I have never used it so cannot comment on
effectiveness. I'm not sure the open source model holds up with
software such as this where daily signature updates are required to keep
it effective.
--
Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP Windows
http://support.telop.org

Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.
 
Tom said:
Not much out there in this area. Only one I am aware of is
http://www.clamwin.com/. I have never used it so cannot comment on
effectiveness. I'm not sure the open source model holds up with
software such as this where daily signature updates are required to keep
it effective.
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Hi Tom,

It looks like it need some work, but will eventually
get there. Thank you for the tip!

--Tony
 
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