ClamAV Alternatives

Apps similar to ClamAV include Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, which has a free version. Other options are Avast Free Antivirus, Microsoft Defender, Spybot - Search & Destroy and Bitdefender Antivirus. You're spoiled for choice with Anti-Virus Apps like ClamAV: we list more than 100 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone.

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  1. Comprehensive security suite provides real-time protection against threats, enhances performance with user-friendly optimizations, prevents disk failures, offers private browsing by blocking ads, secures your identity by managing passwords, ensuring a safe digital experience.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. 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.

    70 McAfee Total Protection alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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  4. 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 type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. 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)
    • Mozilla Firefox
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  6. 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.

    62 PC Matic alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. 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 type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
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  8. Twister Antivirus integrates almost all of top class security technology such as Proactive Defense, Virtual Machine, Heuristic, iGene, Blackbox, Rollback and Cloud Security etc. It has unparalleled defense capability to against Viruses, Trojans, Spyware and other all kinds of...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. 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 type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. phpMussel icon
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    phpMussel is a PHP solution based upon the signatures of ClamAV and others, designed to detect trojans, viruses, malware and other threats within files uploaded to your system wherever the script is hooked.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  11. 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
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  12. 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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