Open Source Spybot - Search & Destroy AlternativesTop Anti-Malware Apps like Spybot - Search & Destroy

The best open source alternative to Spybot - Search & Destroy is ClamAV. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Spybot - Search & Destroy and 12 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Spybot - Search & Destroy are Tron Script, ClamTk, ClamWin 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...

    99 ClamAV alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  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...

    166 Tron Script alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • 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.

    63 ClamTk alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • 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...

    67 ClamWin alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  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. 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).

    61 CS Anti-Virus alternatives

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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.

    77 AntiSpy alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
     
  10. KicomAV icon
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    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.

    76 KicomAV alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
     
  11. 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

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
     
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