Mexigore@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoAre opensource antivirus softwares reliable?message-squaremessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down13
arrow-up126arrow-down1message-squareAre opensource antivirus softwares reliable?Mexigore@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down2·10 months agoAs with everything it depends. Would I trust ClamAV over McAfee or Norton? Hell yes. Would I trust ClamAV over windows defender? probably not.
minus-square/home/pineapplelover@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-210 months agoHuh? Clamav is open sourced though. Although, it is made by Cisco and not gplv3, it’s under CC BY-ND 2.5 Deed.
As with everything it depends. Would I trust ClamAV over McAfee or Norton? Hell yes.
Would I trust ClamAV over windows defender? probably not.
Huh? Clamav is open sourced though. Although, it is made by Cisco and not gplv3, it’s under CC BY-ND 2.5 Deed.