ClamWin 0.95.1 running on Windows XP |
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| Developer(s) | ClamWin Pty Ltd |
| Preview release | 0.97.3[1] |
| Written in | C++ and Python |
| Operating system | Windows 7 Windows Server 2008 Windows Vista Windows Server 2003 Windows XP Windows Me Windows 2000 Windows 98[2] |
| Type | Antivirus |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | www.clamwin.com |
ClamWin is free, open source antivirus software for Microsoft Windows. It provides a graphical user interface to the ClamAV (Clam AntiVirus) engine.
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Firefox extensions exist that allow the users to process downloaded files with ClamWin.[3]
ClamWin does not yet automatically scan files as they are read and written. This feature is planned for inclusion in the next major version update[4] and has been claimed to be in development since at least 10 December 2005.[5]
The non-affiliated project Clam Sentinel is an add-on that provides a real-time scanning capability to ClamWin.[6]
ClamWin suffers from poor detection rates and its scans are slow and less effective than some other antivirus programs. For example, ClamWin failed to detect almost half of the trojan horses, password stealers, and other malware in AV-Test.org's "zoo" of malware samples.[7][8]
In the 1–21 June 2008 test performed by Virus.gr, ClamWin version 0.93 detected 54.68% of all threats and ranked 37th out of 49 products tested; the best scored over 99%.[9]
In the 10 August-05 September 2009 test performed by Virus.gr, ClamWin version 0.95.2 detected 52.48% of all threats and ranked 43 out of 55 products tested; the best scored 98.89%.[10]