Clam Sentinel v1.20
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- Suggested by jonezrin
Clam Sentinel is a real-time malware scanner using ClamWin Antivirus as its engine. The program also has its own system monitor that scans for unknown malware that does not yet have a ClamWin signature. It also detects new drives and monitors these units until the program is closed or until the device is disconnected.
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| System Requirements: | Win98 / WinME / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Dependencies: | ClamWin Portable - You must have this program before using Clam Sentinel. |
| Path portability: | Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
| License: |
Freeware/GPL (Version 3 or higher) Source code |
| How to extract: | Requires ClamWin Antivirus. Once you have ClamWin Antivirus on your USB drive, download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Follow the configuration instructions on this page. Launch ClamSentinel.exe. |
12 comments on Clam Sentinel
freakazoid
2012-05-06 01:58
@Loner - I have updated the description. You are also welcome to make edits yourself since you're a TPFC member like me!
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jonezrin
2012-05-06 04:51
For Clam Sentinel to work consistently on different computers from a portable drive with different drive letters I found it necessary to edit ClamWin Portable's ClamWin.conf file located in App > DefaultData > settings. Here's what I did (the ClamWinPortable directory is at the root of my portable drive and quotes are for clarification only):
REPLACE "clamscan = clamscan.exe" WITH "clamscan = ..\..\..\..\ClamWinPortable\App\clamwin\bin\clamscan.exe"
REPLACE "quarantinedir = ..\..\..\Data\quarantine" WITH "quarantinedir = \ClamWinPortable\Data\quarantine"
REPLACE "database = ..\..\..\Data\db" WITH "database = \ClamWinPortable\Data\db"
Also: COMMENT OUT from ClamWin.conf "logfile = ..\..\..\Data\log\ClamScanLog.txt" and in the ClamSentinel.ini file ADD "PathLog=\ClamWinPortable\Data\log"
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carbonize
2012-05-06 07:21
So to confirm we must first run ClamWin Portable and then run this?
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jonezrin
2012-05-06 13:20
@carbonize - The developer's instructions say: "After Sentinel is installed on the USB, you do not have to start ClamWin Portable any more—Sentinel will find the ClamWin Portable files it needs on the USB key. You do not need ClamWin Portable running in order to use Sentinel, but you should have both programs configured on USB as mentioned. You will need to start ClamWin Portable, however, in order to update the ClamWin signature database." Instead of starting ClamWin Portable to update the database I use ClamWinPortableDBUpdate referenced in the ClamWin Portable page http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=601 . (The DB Update link isn't working properly at the moment.)
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emmanuel d
2012-05-06 16:12
why is it not mentioned that this app writes to appdata?
it asks me te edit the ini there.
whats the purpose of havin Portable clamwin and then having this one not portable?
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carbonize
2012-05-06 16:47
@emmanuel d - Did you read the configuration instructions linked to in the description?
Next, as mentioned above, you will have to configure Sentinel to use the .ini configuration file that is in the same folder from where Sentinel is run (in the ClamWin\bin directory on the USB). The configuration item is UseLocalIniFile (1=yes; 0=no, which is the default). This option is enabled by manually changing it to 1. Open the Sentinel.ini file in Notepad or similar text editor and make the manual change and save the .ini file.
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carbonize
2012-05-07 18:20
@Loner - TPFC = The Portable Freeware Collection ie this web site.
If you have the right to edit entries you will see the edit link to the right of the file size at the top of the entry next to the Post comment link.
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guinness
2012-05-08 09:08
@Loner, stop abusing the comments section. Post in the Forum if you want to discuss about the entry.
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Midas
2012-05-28 22:53
Just found this at http://mkonar.selfip.com/projects.html
"I am no longer actively developing the following projects.
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- ClamWinPortableDBUpdate :: Automate ClamWin Portable updates"
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Nowhere does it say this is an anti virus or anti malware in the description. I figured it out by the category its in. It would be nice if the description was more accurate.
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