ClamScan (part of ClamAV Windows port)

[Hangar0]

[Mod note: OP post subject modified; original was "Re: clamscan is a command line tool Scan files and/or directories for viruses."]

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clamscan is a command line tool Scan files and/or directories for viruses.

https://www.clamav.net/
ClamAV® is an open-source antivirus engine for detecting trojans, viruses, malware & other malicious threats.

https://oss.netfarm.it/clamav/
by: sherpya. This is an unofficial native port of the well known ClamAV Antivirus, this port is used in ClamWin Antivirus

[Download Binaries] Current Stable 0.103.7
-- clamav-x64-0.103.7.7z (VS 2019 64bit build) https://oss.netfarm.it/clamav/files/cla ... 0.103.7.7z
-- clamav-x86-0.103.7.7z (Mingw-w64 32bit build) https://oss.netfarm.it/clamav/files/cla ... 0.103.7.7z

help..
https://docs.clamav.net/
http://forums.clamwin.com/
C:\..\clamav-x86-0.103.7>clamscan --help > clamscan-help.txt
C:\..\clamav-x86-0.103.7>freshclam --help > freshclam-help.txt

help: Updating Signature Databases..
https://docs.clamav.net/manual/Usage/Si ... ement.html

help: Scan files and/or directories for viruses.
https://docs.clamav.net/manual/Usage/Sc ... l#clamscan
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Clam is unreasonably slow on every computer that is running it--both in loading the database and in scanning.
How to speed up the scanning ..?
http://forums.clamwin.com/viewtopic.php?t=4656

How to make Clam scans 20 times faster
http://forums.clamwin.com/viewtopic.php?t=4279

[Midas]

Thank you for the valuable info, Hangar0. As a user of ClamWin myself, I'm sure it'll prove helpful.

I took the liberty of modifying your post's subject to make the current topic content more memorable and clear -- feel free to change if you see fit.

As noted, Sherpya's ClamAV Antivirus Native Win32 Port current release is v0.103.7, dated 2022-07-29 (changes and downloads at https://oss.netfarm.it/clamav/; ClamWin is still at v0.103.2.1, released 2021-06-07, cf. https://clamwin.com/).

[JohnTHaller]

ClamWin Portable at PortableApps.com has been updated to include the latest Windows binaries as posted above combined with the standard ClamWin files.