Editing ClamAV (section)

{{Short description|Open-source antivirus software}}
{{Infobox software
| name = ClamAV
| logo = New ClamAV Logo.svg
| screenshot = ClamAV0.95.2.png
| caption = Clam AV 0.95.2, running a definition update, scanning a file and identifying a [[Trojan horse (computing)|Trojan]] from the command-line.
| author = Tomasz Kojm
| developer = [[Cisco Talos]]
| released = {{Start date and age|2002|05|08}}
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q852000|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q852000|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q852000|P348|P548=Q51930650}}
| latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q852000|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}
| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]], [[C++]]
| operating system = [[Unix]], [[IBM AIX|AIX]], [[Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD]], [[HP-UX]], [[Linux]], [[macOS]], [[OpenVMS]], [[Tru64 UNIX]], [[Windows]], [[Haiku (operating system)|Haiku]]
| genre = [[Antivirus software]]
| license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-only]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.clamav.net}}<!--"www" part is mandatory-->
}}

'''ClamAV''' ('''Clam AntiVirus''') is a [[free software]], cross-platform [[Antivirus software|antimalware toolkit]] able to detect many types of malware, including [[computer virus|viruses]]. It was developed for [[Unix]] and has third party versions available for [[IBM AIX|AIX]], [[Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD]], [[HP-UX]], [[Linux]], [[macOS]], [[OpenVMS]], [[Tru64 UNIX|OSF]] (Tru64), [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]] and [[Haiku (operating system)|Haiku]]. As of version 0.97.5, ClamAV builds and runs on [[Microsoft Windows]].<ref name="ClamAbout">{{cite web |url=http://www.clamav.net/about |title=About ClamAV |access-date=2008-12-25 |last=ClamAV |year=2007}}</ref><ref name="Ports">{{cite web |url=http://www.clamav.net/download/packages/ |title=ClamAV Packages and Ports |access-date=2008-12-31 |last=ClamAV |year=2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720205113/http://www.clamav.net/download/packages/ |archive-date=2008-07-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Both ClamAV and its updates are made available free of charge. One of its main uses is on [[Mail transfer agent|mail servers]] as a server-side [[email virus]] scanner.