> ClamAV can only detect malware, it does not clean or even quarantine > anything.
ClamAV does not just detect malware, it can can quarantine it. > 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. The focus of the AV DB is not just threat that use email as an attack vector, but rather malware that can make its way to end-users machines, regardless of the vector or attack. -Alain On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Freddie Cash <fjwc...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
