An antivirus solution mainly designed by keeping UNIX/ Linux operating systems in mind, ClamAV antivirus works from a command line interface which effectively scans, updates files and virus definitions. ClamAV antivirus also has a daemon for faster scans as is needed in high performance systems.
A completely free product, with no subscription fee, ClamAVs source code is free for all to use. However, the license agreement pertains that in order to either change the source code or use the program in an individual project, the requirements in the license must be met by the user.
The recent versions have been improvised for better performance, though keeping the original version in mind thus allowing for wonderful compatibility with all other applications that can support ClamAV. The recent versions provide UNIX/Linux compatibility for Windows operating systems as well.
Some of the features of ClamAV include a fast daemon for multi scanning of files, a database updater with digital signature support, routine On- access scanning, provision for detection of over 20000 viruses, trojans or worms, built in support for RAR(2.0), Zip, GZip, Bzip2, Mbox, Maildir, and raw mails, command line scanner, and a filter interface.