On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 6:08 AM, Fred-145 <codecompl...@free.fr> wrote:
> I searched the archives of this mailing-list (the web interface to the > archives of the ClamWin doesn't provide a search option) and read the links > provided in the subscription e-mail (www.clamav.net/support/ml, > www.clamav.net/support/faq, wiki.clamav.net), but only found a single > thread > from 2004 on the subjet. > > I like the fact that ClamAV is open-source, but I can only recommend > ClamAV-included live CDs (like www.trinityhome.org or www.sysresccd.org) > to > customers if it's as reliable as the closed-source leaders such as > Kasperksy > or AVG in detecting (and ideally, fixing) viruses on Windows hosts. > > Is there a recent and unbiased review of ClamAV vs. closed-source > alternatives? > ClamAV can only detect malware, it does not clean or even quarantine anything. And it's geared toward e-mail, which means the focus of the AV DB will be threats that use e-mail as an attach vector. As such, you won't signatures in the DB for things like boot sector viruses, or rootkits, or things like that. If you need something to go on a LiveCD for scanning, repairing, and recovering Windows systems, ClamAV is not what you want. -- Freddie Cash fjwc...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
