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The best open source alternative to Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is ClamAV. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and 16 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 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...

    102 ClamAV alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  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...

    171 Tron Script alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
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  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.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
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  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...

    66 ClamWin alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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  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.

    51 LoveLaceAV alternatives

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
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  6. Hypatia is the world's first FOSS malware scanner for Android. It is powered by ClamAV style signature databases.

    102 Hypatia Malware Scanner alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
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  7. This is a fork of the original (and discontinued) app, which is still looking for maintainers. Please consider to apply to keep this app maintained !

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
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  8. x2y AV Ultimate is a professional-grade security utility developed by x2y devs tools. It delivers genuine, non-AI, production-level system protection by utilizing a Hybrid Architecture to execute privileged system checks, real-time file monitoring, and advanced malware persistence analysis

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Warning

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    • Windows
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  9. 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
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  10. LibreAV icon
     5 likes

    Anti-malware for Android using machine learning. Contribute to projectmatris/antimalwareapp development by creating an account on GitHub.

    79 LibreAV alternatives

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    • Discontinued

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  11. Raspirus icon
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    Sometimes you work on a computer that is not connected to the internet. It even has no antivirus installed, and you guess you are safe. But it could be used by a lot of people that upload and download files using their personal USB sticks.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. 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
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