Cisco-Talos/clamav

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

ClamAV is an open-source antivirus engine and toolkit for detecting trojans, viruses, malware, and other malicious threats. It includes a multi-threaded scanning daemon, command-line scanner, on-access scanning on Linux, and automatic signature database updates.

Use cases

• scan files for viruses and malware from the command line
• add malware scanning to a mail gateway
• scan email attachments for viruses
• run on-access file scanning on a Linux server
• integrate antivirus scanning into an application via a daemon
• scan archives and documents for malicious content

When to choose

• you need an open-source, self-hosted malware scanner for servers or mail gateways
• you want command-line or daemon-based file scanning with regularly updated signatures
• you need to scan archives, executables, and document formats for threats

When to avoid

• you need a full modern endpoint security suite with real-time protection on desktops
• you need advanced EDR features like behavioral detection or ransomware rollback
• you require commercial vendor support and managed threat intelligence

Facets

application · maturity active

security cli http-server email security developer-tools self-hosted windows cross-platform cli antivirus malware-detection virus-scanning mail-gateway signature-database on-access-scanning linux macos docker

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