ClamWin v0.35.1 released

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ClamWin is a Free Antivirus for Microsoft Windows NT/98/Me/2000/XP/2003. It
provides a graphical user interface to the Clam AntiVirus scanning engine.

ClamWin Free Antivirus uses the GNU General Public License by the Free Software
Foundation and is free (as in freedom) software.

ClamWin Free Antivirus comes with an easy installer and open source code at no
cost. It features:

* Scanning Scheduler;
* Automatic Virus Database Updates. ClamAV team updates Virus Databases on
a regular basis and almost immediately after a new virus/variant is out;
* Standalone Virus Scanner;
* Context Menu Integration to Microsoft Windows Explorer;
* Addin to Microsoft Outlook.

Notes: This is a maintenance release with updated clamav binaries
Changes: - clamav 0.75.1 binaries are included

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/clamwin/clamwin-0.35.1-setup.exe?download
 
Steve said:
ClamWin is a Free Antivirus for Microsoft Windows NT/98/Me/2000/XP/2003. It
provides a graphical user interface to the Clam AntiVirus scanning engine.

ClamWin Free Antivirus uses the GNU General Public License by the Free Software
Foundation and is free (as in freedom) software.

ClamWin Free Antivirus comes with an easy installer and open source code at no
cost. It features:

* Scanning Scheduler;
* Automatic Virus Database Updates. ClamAV team updates Virus Databases on
a regular basis and almost immediately after a new virus/variant is out;
* Standalone Virus Scanner;
* Context Menu Integration to Microsoft Windows Explorer;
* Addin to Microsoft Outlook.

Notes: This is a maintenance release with updated clamav binaries
Changes: - clamav 0.75.1 binaries are included

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/clamwin/clamwin-0.35.1-setup.exe?download
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Home Page URL: http://www.clamwin.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

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ClamWin is a Free Antivirus for Microsoft Windows NT/98/Me/2000/XP/2003. It
provides a graphical user interface to the Clam AntiVirus scanning engine.
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So is it any good? Does it provide regular updates? Is it as
effective as AVG? Does it interfer with other software?
 
So is it any good? Does it provide regular updates? Is it as
effective as AVG? Does it interfer with other software?
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ClamAV certainly has regular updates, which you can check/search here:
http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.virus.clamav.virusdb
http://clamav-du.securesites.net/cgi-bin/clamgrok
http://www.gietl.com/test-clamav/

For windows users, I would certainly not replace Avast! or AVG with ClamWin at
the moment, as ClamWin does not have any background on-access scanner.
This is currently being worked on, but there is no ETA date as of yet...

The 0.35.1 version of ClamWin uses ClamAV's 0.75.1 engine files and is missing
some of the "key" improvments of the latest "cutting edge" cvs version, such as
Petite, UPX, FSG, CAB, CHM unpackers.

So, I'd certainly use it as a backup scanner only to AVG/Avast! at the moment,

Hope that helps,

Steve
 
The 0.35.1 version of ClamWin uses ClamAV's 0.75.1 engine files and is missing
some of the "key" improvments of the latest "cutting edge" cvs version, such as
Petite, UPX, FSG, CAB, CHM unpackers.

So, I'd certainly use it as a backup scanner only to AVG/Avast! at the moment,

Hope that helps,

Steve
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It helps a lot. Thanks.
 
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