Mexigore@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoAre opensource antivirus softwares reliable?message-squaremessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down13
arrow-up127arrow-down1message-squareAre opensource antivirus softwares reliable?Mexigore@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down2·7 months agoAs with everything it depends. Would I trust ClamAV over McAfee or Norton? Hell yes. Would I trust ClamAV over windows defender? probably not.
minus-square/home/pineapplelover@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-27 months agoHuh? Clamav is open sourced though. Although, it is made by Cisco and not gplv3, it’s under CC BY-ND 2.5 Deed.
minus-squareMexigore@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoCan you elaborate on the second point?
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoNot without knowing what you mean by reliable. Reliable at detecting malware? ClamAV would not do as well as Windows Defender. Reliable as in the code is safe from bugs? I can’t read that kind of code so I can’t compre them.
As with everything it depends. Would I trust ClamAV over McAfee or Norton? Hell yes.
Would I trust ClamAV over windows defender? probably not.
Huh? Clamav is open sourced though. Although, it is made by Cisco and not gplv3, it’s under CC BY-ND 2.5 Deed.
Can you elaborate on the second point?
Not without knowing what you mean by reliable.
Reliable at detecting malware? ClamAV would not do as well as Windows Defender.
Reliable as in the code is safe from bugs? I can’t read that kind of code so I can’t compre them.