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The ability of commercial anti-virus vendors to decide what end users are protected against is a good argument for open source anti-virus that crowdsources dete
by mcantelon 15y ago
The ability of commercial anti-virus vendors to decide what end users are protected against is a good argument for open source anti-virus that crowdsources detection patterns.
- stfu 15y agoThis is a very good point. I have always been a bit sceptically on the anti-virus companies. The market looks a bit odd to me - different from many other software markets. A lot of regional market domination. Norton in the US, Kaspersky in the RU or ANTIVIR in GER. Looks almost like certain nations prefer having their "own" anti-virus company structures in place. Are there any serious anti-virus open source alternatives available?
- keeperofdakeys 15y agoThere is ClamAV, although I don't know if it supports on-access scanning these days (it always used to be manual scanning). I also don't know how the definitions are sourced.
- 0x12 15y agoNew rule: get your AV solution from a country other than your own. That should cover most of those cases.