ClamWin is the Windows version of ClamAV, a virus and spyware scanner which database is constantly maintained by a group of volunteers and updates are always available for free. Note that the program does not contain an on-access real-time scanner; you must manually scan a file in order to detect malware or use a third party tool like the general purpose Directory Monitor (see Execute scripts/applications when events occur) or the outdated Clam Sentinel.
ClamWin Portable is a portable wrapper for ClamWin and can be modified to automatically update virus database periodically or during startup.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ClamWinPortable.exe. |
What's new? | See: https://www.clamwin.com/content/blogcategory/20/100/ |
Please note that, for updating purposes, you needn't download the full 100MB+ ClamWin package.
Just go to http://sourceforge.net/projects/clamwin/files/clamwin/, find the latest version folder and download the clamwin-0.9x.x-setup-nodb.exe, which is only about 8MB -- after (Uni)extracting, you'll find all the files you need for updating in the '{app}\bin' folder...
v0.98.6
ClamWin v0.98.6 released: http://www.clamwin.com/content/view/245/1/
This release updates ClamAV scanning engine to the latest version and brings following improvements:
* Bug fixes in detection of files produced by upx, upack and mew packagers
* Other bug fixes and feature improvements
Download the latest version here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/clamwin/files/clamwin/0.98.6/
v0.98.5
An update on ClamWinPortableDBUpdate: http://clamup.co.nr has been repaired. :-)
You can get to the ClamWinPortableDBUpdate website through either of the following links:
* http://clamup.co.nr (which now forwards to)
* http://mkonar.org/projects/clamup/
If anyone here wants to take over maintanence of ClamWinPortableDBUpdate, please send me a message. I no longer use Windows and so no longer maintain it.
v0.98.1
I just clicked the link 'ClamWinPortableDBUpdate', and it had nothing to do with updates...more like a meat market that refuses to let you leave...
v0.97.8
If you're running ClamWin portable and want to use 'freshclam.exe' to update via CLI, it won't work unless you place the following lines into (a newly created text file alongside the exe named) 'freshclam.conf':
DatabaseDirectory ..\db
DatabaseMirror database.clamav.net
UpdateLogFile ..\log\ClamUpdateLog.txt
LogVerbose yes
NotifyClamd .\ClamWin.conf
Foreground yes
.
V0.97.4
Add real-time malware scanning capabilities to ClamWin Portable by also using Clam Sentinel. http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=2289
V0.97.4
@ Danix: Thanks ... and updated.
V0.97.1
If you wish to report it as an alternative, is available also a X-ClamWin winPenPack version here http://www.winpenpack.com/en/download.php?view.38. Thank you! ;)
V0.97.1
Does it still have that atrocious UI? I know it's free and all but that is what has been keeping me from using it - besides the scan speeds. That was back in '06, they had more than enough time to make a few improvements.
V0.97
Long overdue update, IYAM -- it took tree years for ClamWin to be updated from v0.99.4.
v0.103.2