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Linux-Watch: Could Open Source Anti-Malware Help Windows?

[ Thanks to Steven J.
Vaughan-Nichols
for this link. ]

“Two of my colleagues–Jim Rapoza, eWEEK Labs director; and
Larry Seltzer, eWEEK Security Center editor and all-around security
guru–have been writing recently about open-source’s failure to
produce kick-ass Windows anti-virus programs.

“Jim laments that while ClamAV, easily the most well-known
open-source anti-virus program, works just fine on email gateways,
it’s Windows client, ClamWin, just doesn’t cut the mustard, since
it doesn’t scan in real-time…”

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