NewsForge: Clam AntiVirus: Open Source vs. The Bad Guys

“Protecting against viruses has become an inherent part of using
a computer, thanks to the pervasiveness of email, a favorite
delivery platform for malicious code. Open source software, in the
form of Clam AntiVirus, can help you detect these rogue programs
before they hit your inbox, whether you run Linux or Windows.

“In fact, you can install ClamAV on a wide range of operating
systems, either through pre-compiled binaries or by a source code
build. This flexibility gives ClamAV a distinct advantage over
competing products in the virus detection arena, which often ignore
users with older or non-mainstream operating environments…”

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