You don’t usually here that phrase spoken “Linux anti-virus”. But it does exist. One of the more popular Linux anti-virus tools is ClamAV. But to most users (especially new users) ClamAV is a bit challenging to use. That is where KlamAV comes in. KlamAV does an outstanding job of making ClamAV a user-friendly tool.
Unlike ClamAV, [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Jun 18th, 2009
- Comments: 11
KlamAV: Outstanding KDE front-end for Linux anti-virus
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