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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago (2 children)

As with everything it depends. Would I trust ClamAV over McAfee or Norton? Hell yes.

Would I trust ClamAV over windows defender? probably not.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Huh? Clamav is open sourced though. Although, it is made by Cisco and not gplv3, it's under CC BY-ND 2.5 Deed.

[–] Mexigore@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Can you elaborate on the second point?

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

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.