ClamAV Alternatives

ClamAV is described as 'Clam AntiVirus is an open source (GPL) anti-virus toolkit for UNIX, designed especially for e-mail scanning on mail gateways. It provides a number of utilities including a flexible and scalable multi-threaded daemon, a command line scanner and advanced tool for automatic' and is a very popular Anti-Virus app in the security & privacy category. There are more than 50 alternatives to ClamAV for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and Android Tablet apps. The best ClamAV alternative is Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, which is free. Other great apps like ClamAV are Avast Free Antivirus, Microsoft Defender, Bitdefender Antivirus and Kaspersky AntiVirus.

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  1. Offers comprehensive antivirus with VPN, identity monitoring, AI-driven malware defense, and unlimited device coverage. Features privacy enhancements like Personal Data Cleanup and Secure VPN for public Wi-Fi, with up to $2 million identity theft insurance.

    66 McAfee Total Protection alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  2. Real-time malware defense featuring quick, full, scheduled, and drag-and-drop scanning, webcam protection, cloud-based threat detection, regular updates, and advanced customization for security settings, all with low device impact and support for 5 devices.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
     
  3. Delivers real-time antivirus and anti-malware protection, firewall, parental control, spam filtering, and rootkit detection. DeepGuard cloud technology and automatic updates defend privacy, data, and online activities such as banking, shopping, and file downloads.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. PC Matic icon
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    PC Matic is a security software solution that has been offering its services for a quarter of a century. It aims to shield your home devices from contemporary threats such as ransomware, viruses, and identity theft among others.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. (Formerly McAfee Stinger) Trellix Stinger utilizes next-generation scan technology, including rootkit scanning, and scan performance optimizations.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  6. INLYSE Malware.AI is a cutting-edge AI-based IT security platform which identifies malware and cyber-attacks within seconds.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Firefox
     
  7. Kapitano icon
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    I be Kapitano, yer fearless captain o' the digital seas — a trusty malware hunter set to keep yer Linux shipshape from foul threats!

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  8. TRAPMINE Platform combines proven technologies such as machine learning, behavior monitoring and exploit prevention techniques in a single agent to provide fool-proof defense against exploit attempts, file-less malware, ransomware and other forms of targeted attacks.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. The AURORA Agent is a lightweight and customisable endpoint agent based on Sigma. It uses Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) to recreate events that are very similar to the events generated by Microsoft’s Sysmon and applies Sigma rules and IOCs to them.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Online
     
  10. Symantec Endpoint Protection provides business antivirus protection with advanced threat prevention, delivering unmatched defense against malware for laptops, desktops and servers.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  11. Linux Malware Detect (LMD) is a malware scanner for Linux released under the GNU GPLv2 license, that is designed around the threats faced in shared hosted environments.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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