[clamav-users] R: Re: R: Re: ClamAV for windows: GUI and chocolatey package

[Joel Esler (jesler)]

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> On Mar 5, 2017, at 11:01, "Erotavlas_turbo at libero.it" <Erotavlas_turbo at libero.it> wrote:
> 
> Thank you for your reply. I'm looking for and open source and free, in the 
> sense of freedom, AV.
> However, since I have asked about AV for windows which is all except that free 
> and user privacy friendly, I can take a look at immunet.
> Can you tell me if immunet uses ads, adware and something similar?
> 
> Thank you
> 
> 
>> ----Messaggio originale----
>> Da: "Joel Esler (jesler)" <jesler at cisco.com>
>> Data: 05/03/2017 13.42
>> A: "ClamAV users ML"<clamav-users at lists.clamav.net>
>> Ogg: Re: [clamav-users] R: Re: ClamAV for windows: GUI and chocolatey package
>> 
>> We make Immunet.  It combines a cloud based detection engine with the offline 
> capability of clamav.   It's extremely effective and free.  
>> 
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>>> On Mar 5, 2017, at 05:46, "Erotavlas_turbo at libero.it" 
> <Erotavlas_turbo at libero.it> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> whenever it is possible, I prefer to avoid using closed source and 
> proprietary 
>>> software. For this reason, I'm looking for an open source and free (deep 
> sense) 
>>> AV.
>>> I read in your website and on the web that clamAV: includes a number of 
>>> utilities: a command-line scanner, automatic database updater and a 
> scalable 
>>> multi-threaded daemon, running on an anti-virus engine from a shared 
> library.
>>> So I would like to use it as standard AV for several cases including mail 
>>> scanning, real-time file scanning, web protection as standard AV does.
>>> I know that exist several components for windows as: clamwin, clamsentinel 
> and 
>>> firefox addon fireclam.
>>> Since all are based on clamAV, I wonder to know if you are thinking about 
>>> making an official client with all those capabilities.
>>> Considering that exist several proprietary solutions with freeware version 
>>> based on clamAV (e.g. Immunet).
>>> 
>>> Thank you,
>>> Salvatore
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> ----Messaggio originale----
>>>> Da: "G.W. Haywood" <clamav at jubileegroup.co.uk>
>>>> Data: 04/03/2017 18.26
>>>> A: <clamav-users at lists.clamav.net>
>>>> Ogg: Re: [clamav-users] ClamAV for windows: GUI and chocolatey package
>>>> 
>>>> Hi there,
>>>> 
>>>>> On Sat, 4 Mar 2017, Erotavlas_turbo at libero.it wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm an user of clamAV on linux and I would like to use it on windows.
>>>> 
>>>> You need to tell us how and preferably why you want to use it.  My
>>>> guess is that you are going to have to do a lot of work to achieve
>>>> your objectives, and that even when you have achieved them they will
>>>> do very little for you.
>>>> 
>>>>> Is there any way to have working clamAV on windows together with GUI?
>>>> 
>>>> Perhaps you can explain how this GUI will be used, I know nothing
>>>> about it.  My personal preference is to try not to use them.  My own
>>>> use of ClamAV is to scan email messages, as they are transported over
>>>> an Internet connection, using third-party signature databases.  There
>>>> is no requirement for any GUI in that scenario.  While I find ClamAV
>>>> very useful in that particular application, I do not see it as being
>>>> especially useful for anything else.  Although on-demand scanning of
>>>> file server data might be another good use case, there are probably
>>>> more effective packages than ClamAV with which to do that.
>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> 
>>>> 73,
>>>> Ged.
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