ClamAV

ClamAV
Original author(s)Tomasz Kojm
Developer(s)Cisco Talos
Initial releaseMay 8, 2002 (2002-05-08)
Stable release
1.4.2  / 22 January 2025
Repository
Written inC, C++
Operating systemUnix, AIX, BSD, HP-UX, Linux, macOS, OpenVMS, Tru64 UNIX, Windows, Haiku
TypeAntivirus software
LicenseGPL-2.0-only
Websitewww.clamav.net

ClamAV (Clam AntiVirus) is a free software, cross-platform antimalware toolkit able to detect many types of malware, including viruses. It was developed for Unix and has third party versions available for AIX, BSD, HP-UX, Linux, macOS, OpenVMS, OSF (Tru64), Solaris and Haiku. As of version 0.97.5, ClamAV builds and runs on Microsoft Windows. Both ClamAV and its updates are made available free of charge. One of its main uses is on mail servers as a server-side email virus scanner.