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ClamAV
ClamAV is listed for: virus scanner.
Where it stands
4.0 / 5
Signals score
Not a hands-on test
Based on 1 of 3 signals
- Website health4.6 / 5 · weight 50%
Measured from the tool's public website
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Rank by signals
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Measured signals
4.6 / 5 · measured 2026-11-08Read automatically from ClamAV's public website: how reliable, secure, private and open the site is. This is not a test of how well the tool does its job. How this is measured
- Reliability5 / 5The page answered and finished downloading in 52 ms.
- Security5 / 55 of 5 protective headers set (strict-transport-security, content-security-policy, x-content-type-options, referrer-policy, x-frame-options).
- Privacy5 / 5No third-party tracking services found on the page.
- Transparency3 / 5Links a privacy policy; no pricing page linked.
Community feedback
Not enough discussion yet: 4 classified comments from 2 threads. We need at least 12 from 2 threads.
- Positive
“Anyone notice how the ClamAV Github Org is actually "Cisco Talos". Yeah, that Cisco. Apparently Cisco's Secure Endpoint software is based on ClamAV. Seems they are contributing back, or straight carrying the project,…”
Read in the thread - Positive
“I have had some good luck scanning friends Windows machines to remove malware using clamav from a live usb. Live usb scanning has been really useful when a Windows install is too encumbered by the malware running on it”
Read in the thread - Critical
“I've always heard ClamAV on Windows is dog slow. Anyone have any numbers?”
Read in the thread
Threads: ClamAV: The top 5 misconceptions (2011, 8 comments) · ClamAV 1.0.0 LTS Released (2022, 4 comments)
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Tasks and scores
- Virus scannerNot tested yet
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