Open Source Kaspersky AntiVirus Alternatives

The best open source alternative to Kaspersky AntiVirus is Clam AntiVirus. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Kaspersky AntiVirus and 11 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Kaspersky AntiVirus are ClamTk, Tron Script, ClamWin and Hypatia Malware Scanner.

Kaspersky AntiVirus alternatives are mainly Anti-Virus Apps but may also be Anti-Malware Apps or System Cleaners. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Kaspersky AntiVirus.

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Freemium • Proprietary
Anti-Virus App
Windows

Kaspersky AntiVirus offers protection from a range of IT threats and provides the basic tools needed to keep your PC secure.

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Clam AntiVirus
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Free • Open Source
Anti-Virus App
Anti-Malware App
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
108 Clam AntiVirus alternatives
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...
- - Clam AntiVirus is the most popular Linux alternative to Kaspersky AntiVirus.
- - Clam AntiVirus is the most popular Open Source alternative to Kaspersky AntiVirus.
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Clam AntiVirus Features
1. Ad-freeClam AntiVirus doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
2. LightweightClam AntiVirus consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
3. No TrackingClam AntiVirus will not track you or use your personal data.
4. Privacy focusedClam AntiVirus is considered a privacy friendly alternative.
5. Malware AnalysisClam AntiVirus can inspect a suspicious file or URL to detect potential threats.
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ClamTk
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Free • Open Source
Anti-Virus App
Anti-Malware App
Linux
72 ClamTk alternatives
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.
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ClamTk Features
1. LightweightClamTk consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Ad-freeClamTk doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
3. Malware AnalysisClamTk can inspect a suspicious file or URL to detect potential threats.
4. Privacy focusedClamTk is considered a privacy friendly alternative.
Tron Script
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Free • Open Source
System Cleaner
Anti-Malware App
Anti-Virus App
Windows
164 Tron Script alternatives
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...
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Tron Script Features
1. Malware AnalysisTron Script can inspect a suspicious file or URL to detect potential threats.
Bloatware Remover
ClamWin
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Free • Open Source
Anti-Virus App
Windows
PortableApps.com
73 ClamWin alternatives
[Please note that ClamWin Free Antivirus does not include an on-access real-time scanner. You need to manually scan a file in order to detect a virus or spyware.]
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ClamWin Features
1. Ad-freeClamWin doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
2. LightweightClamWin consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
3. No TrackingClamWin will not track you or use your personal data.
4. PortableClamWin can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
5. Privacy focusedClamWin is considered a privacy friendly alternative.
GPLv3
Hypatia Malware Scanner
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Free • Open Source
Anti-Virus App
Anti-Malware App
Android
Android Tablet
F-Droid
103 Hypatia Malware Scanner alternatives
Hypatia is the world's first FOSS malware scanner for Android. It is powered by Clam AntiVirus style signature databases.
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Hypatia Malware Scanner Features
1. Malware AnalysisHypatia Malware Scanner can inspect a suspicious file or URL to detect potential threats.
Automated Malware Scan
Simple Software Restriction Policy
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Free • Open Source
Windows
71 Simple Software Restriction Policy alternatives
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.
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LibreAV
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Free • Open Source
Anti-Virus App
Anti-Malware App
Android
Android Tablet
87 LibreAV alternatives
Anti-malware for Android using machine learning. Contribute to projectmatris/antimalwareapp development by creating an account on GitHub.
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LibreAV Features
1. Ad-freeLibreAV doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
Real-time protection
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kicom
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Free • Open Source
Anti-Virus App
Anti-Malware App
Windows
Linux
84 kicom alternatives
KicomAV is an open source (GPL v2) antivirus engine designed for detecting malware and disinfecting it. In fact, Since 1995, it has been written in C/C++ and it was integrated into the ViRobot engine of HAURI, 1998. I decided to re-create a new KicomAV.
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Discontinued
The last version (0.31) was released in June 2018.
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Winpooch Watchdog
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Free • Open Source
Anti-Virus App
Windows
90 Winpooch Watchdog alternatives
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.
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Discontinued
As of 2008-06-13, this project is no longer under active development. Winpooch can be still downloaded from SourceForge.
CS Anti-Virus
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Free • Open Source
Anti-Virus App
Windows
73 CS Anti-Virus alternatives
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).
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CS Anti-Virus Features
Scanner
Discontinued
The program is no longer updated. Last version, 0.1.2b, released in April 2010, can be still downloaded from the official website.
AntiSpy
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Free • Open Source
Anti-Virus App
Windows
85 AntiSpy alternatives
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.
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AntiSpy Features
Hex Editor
Disassembler
Registry Editor
Built-in File Manager