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

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

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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...

    98 ClamAV alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    • Most users think ClamAV is a great Kaspersky AntiVirus alternative.

    • ClamAV is the most popular Linux alternative to Kaspersky AntiVirus.

    • ClamAV is the most popular Open Source alternative to Kaspersky AntiVirus.

    • ClamAV is Free and Open SourceKaspersky AntiVirus is Paid and Proprietary
    • ClamAV is Lightweight and Privacy focusedKaspersky AntiVirus is not according to our users
  2. Tron Script icon
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    Tron is a collection of programs, tools, utilities, and Windows functions that are all scripted together. Those programs and such are designed to remove malware and bloatware, repair damaged operating systems, update old versions of very common applications, free up drive space...

    167 Tron Script alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. 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.

    61 ClamTk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. 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...

    65 ClamWin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  6. 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!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

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

    80 LibreAV alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  8. CS Anti-Virus icon
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    Provide real time shield, process/memory scanner, file/path scanner, scheduled scans, automatic daily update and use the ClamAV database with over 720.000 virus signatures. CS Anti-Virus with the ClamAV engine is FREE. (GNU/GPL license).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    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.

    74 Winpooch Watchdog alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    LOKI is a free and simple IOC - "Incidents of Compromise" scanner - that goes beyond AV and malware scans to detect evidence of hacking.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    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

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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