written by k1e0x on 23/08/2004
Good Points
Free, Open Source, reasonably good detection rates, Easy to schedule.
Bad Points
No "on demand" scaner.
General Comments
ClamWin is a Free Antivirus for Microsoft Windows NT/98/Me/2000/XP/2003. It provides a graphical user interface to the Clam AntiVirus scanning engine.
ClamWin Free Antivirus uses the GNU General Public License by the Free Software Foundation and is free (as in freedom) software.
ClamWin Free Antivirus comes with an easy installer and open source code at no cost. It features: Scanning Scheduler, Automatic Virus Database Updates, (ClamAV team updates Virus Databases on a regular basis and almost immediately after a new virus/variant is out) Standalone Virus Scanner, Context Menu Integration to Microsoft Windows Explorer and Addin to Microsoft Outlook.
You can download it at http://www.clamwin.com