Open Source AVG AntiVirus AlternativesTop Anti-Virus & Anti-Malware Apps like AVG AntiVirus

The best open source alternative to AVG AntiVirus is ClamAV. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to AVG AntiVirus and 14 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to AVG AntiVirus are ClamTk, ClamWin, LoveLaceAV and Hypatia Malware Scanner.

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  1. ClamAV icon
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    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...

    100 ClamAV alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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  2. ClamTk icon
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    ClamTk is a graphical front-end for ClamAV, an open source antivirus engine for detecting trojans, viruses, malware & other malicious threats. It is designed to be an easy-to-use, lightweight, on-demand antivirus scanner for Linux systems.

    63 ClamTk alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
     
  3. ClamWin icon
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    ClamWin is a free, open-source antivirus software for Microsoft Windows, using the ClamAV engine. It has an easy-to-use installer and its source code is publicly available. It features high detection rates for viruses and spyware, a scanning scheduler, and automatic updates of...

    67 ClamWin alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  4. LoveLaceAV icon
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    LoveLaceAV is a Hypatia fork, FOSS malware scanner for Android. It is powered by ClamAV style signature databases.

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  5. 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!

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  6. LibreAV icon
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    Anti-malware for Android using machine learning. Contribute to projectmatris/antimalwareapp development by creating an account on GitHub.

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    • Discontinued

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  7. Clam Sentinel icon
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    Clam Sentinel is a system tray application that detects file system changes and scans modified files using ClamWin . It also detects new devices (like USB flash drive) and monitors them until the program is closed or until the device is...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
     
  8. Security add-on for Windows. Make it considerably harder for unwanted software to get launched. Not through file signatures but through identifying places where executables have no right to be, for example Documents folders.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
     
  9. AntiSpy icon
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    AntiSpy is a free but powerful anti virus and rootkits toolkit.It offers you the ability with the highest privileges that can detect,analyze and restore various kernel modifications and hooks.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
     
  10. Winpooch is a watchdog for Windows (2000, XP, 2003, but only 32-bits). It detects modifications in your system, so as to detect a trojan or a spyware installation. It also includes a real-time anti-virus.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
     
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